I firmly believe that the more we know about how we are made, the more fulfilling our lives can be.
Do Not Reply
I’m pretty sure the person who created the “Do Not Reply” email, those message addenda which tell you that no one will pay any attention to your return communication, was a parent.
Quotable Friday – Tech Edition
Happy Friday! Be inspired.
And what a future it ̶i̶s̶ was!
We were living on the outskirts of technological advance and we were excited and contented and honored to be part of The Future!
Best Medicine
"The broad smile returned to her face, and she giggled, a grating, mechanical sound, like a hinge starting to lose its lubrication. “You’re a funny man, Mr. Carlton! Very funny man.”
Yesterday
My wife and I had a chance to see the movie "Yesterday," about a struggling musician who is hit by a bus and awakens to find that he's the only one who remembers the Beatles, and can therefore enlighten the world. It was really good.
Train Them Up!
". . . the quiz answers are so obvious that you’d have to be a, well, moron, to NOT find the correct option. . ."
Custom Orthotics Unite!
How am I supposed to feel OK about myself when someone like John Wick, who is at least 10 years my senior . . .
“Genius!”
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that we’re throwing the word “genius” around pretty haphazardly these days.
Thoughts on Self-Publishing?
I apologize if the title is misleading, or if the question mark was not prominent enough. I know next to nothing about self-publishing so have no meaningful thoughts to offer. I did however want to reach out to this wonderful and knowledgeable community to see if any of you have thoughts and/or experience with self-publishing. … Continue reading Thoughts on Self-Publishing?
Notes from the Great American Beach Vacation //2
I like to collect "facts" about the places I visit. As we are in Florida this week for a good ol' Great American Beach Vacation, I thought I'd share some of the "facts" I learned/made up this week!
Notes from the Great American Beach Vacation //1
Had a chance to take the family out on a boat for a few hours yesterday.
Rush Hour Math
There is a series of busy intersections near our house whose traffic lights SEEM like they were programmed by a group of juvenile barn mice who have fallen into the moonshine. I wish I could’ve been there when whatever counsel came up with the plan.
“Alexa, will you please forgive us?”
I, for one, am not very comfortable with our new digital assistant lifestyle simply because it doesn't enforce the common etiquette of manners observed in polite society. We, on our thrones of sentient thought, simply tell our digital underlings what to do.
