
A New Year
For most everyone on earth this has been a year of hardship we have not known before. We’ve all had to navigate the storm. Some didn’t...

Batter Up
A Lesson in Baseball and Murder is the fifth in the Lesson series and, for your money, I think it’s the best. I’m actually going to keep...

Gratitude Reconsidered
I’m a lucky guy. For a number of reasons, but I only want to write about one today. I have good close friends. I don’t have a lot of...

Procrastination
I’m procrastinating. I don’t particularly like it when I do, but I’ve come to accept that I am choosing to get the most out of the...

Yesterday's Weather Today
Much of the year in Southern California the weather is the same today as it was yesterday. The main exception to that is the winter...

Vacation Revisited
I am reposting this as I originally wrote it last year at this time and it is as true today as it was last year. I am going to take a...

Time Off For Bad Behavior
When I was a child I didn’t get time outs for bad behavior. I think the concept came along after my parents stopped managing my behavior,...

Effort
As a teacher and a learner I've been taught that it is important to be rewarded for effort over results. While we all want the best...

Hazardous Duty Pay
When I was in the Navy the sailors who were deployed on submarines were paid Hazardous Duty Pay. In other words they got paid more for...

Beach Job
As summer starts to roll around I got to thinking about how I have spent my summer vacations. Growing up I always looked forward to the...

Body Con Job
PT Barnum was right. There is a sucker born every minute. I've certainly been one more than once and you probably have too. But, it is...

Some of my Favorites
When I first started writing my blog I had no pictures. My daughter suggested I consider adding some and since then all my posts have...

Ann Randolph
Some years ago my friend Steve and I went to Esalen and took a writing workshop with Ann Randolph. It was one of the better learning...

Conniseurship
I was listening to the radio and the announcers were talking with each other about whether they could tell the difference between high...

The Internet of Things
I have written about the future of my head, technology, and how in the future I suspect robots will have taken over earth and will retain...