I learned some things about myself this week, that, frankly, after 50+ years, I had not really considered. I guess I should put this in context, in order to make it make better sense. The past several months have been personally challenging. I have kept much of it to myself, probably out of vanity and […]
2017 is in the rear view mirror and 2018 has officially kicked off with bitter cold, snow days, and a HUGE amount of email and tasks to respond to from the holiday season. As much as I enjoy the holidays, I have to admit I am glad to be back into the routine. The discipline […]
So, as you may have noticed we have had difficulty posting over the past couple of weeks. Part of this is schedule-induced, some memory-induced and some technology-induced, but the most accurate reason is that we have been so involved in the holidays that this blog ended up a little neglected. We decided to change things […]
I missed publishing yesterday as I was occupied in the final preparations for Christmas, but I wanted to make sure I got a post in today to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I have attended two separate Christmas services between yesterday and today and was drawn again to the message of hope and […]
Yesterday was the winter solstice, making last night the longest night darkness-wise of the year. I was reflecting on that fact and the proximity of the greatest darkness so near to our celebration of the birth of Christ and the light he brings to the darkness. Now, I realize that we celebrate Christmas in December […]
Yesterday, one of the coauthors forwarded an email to me which included a reference to our current Secretary of Defense’s habit of carrying Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” at all times. I wasn’t aware that Secretary Mattis carried this philosophical work with him, but it doesn’t surprise me at all. He is the Philospher-Warrior of our time. […]
Apparently, I’m on a streak of using song titles that makes the actual content of the post. This one might not be that far off the title though. The other day I was watching a BBC documentary by a physicist who wanted to explain biological phenomena based on the laws of physics. His premise, like […]
This is a fairly short post to make up for the Net Neutrality tome we dropped on you yesterday. As I was struggling to log in to the site and post, I stumbled across an interesting article from 2013 entitled Digital Dust. It was about how the author went about handling the digital effect of […]
A recently published book describes two approaches to raising children: The Gardener and The Carpenter. The Gardener approaches raising children by giving them just enough guidance (sunshine, good soil and water) and then letting them grow and explore throughout their developmental years. The Carpenter has a plan that must be followed with precision of the […]
Okay, now that the Madness song with the same title is flowing through your brain, I have to tell you that this post has to do with an actual house. Tonight, I attended a holiday reception with several hundred of my closest friends from work. As is typical for these events, I walked around trying […]