Chautauqua, part 1 of 10
With apologies to Robert Pirsig and the Chautauqua Institute Ideation Sometimes the worst ideas become the best ideas. That’s what happened with this trip. Before I get into that, let’s […]
Heritage and privilege
After weeks of rain and cold, an Indian summer day appeared, the kind you appreciate all the more because it’s opposed to what came before and what you know is […]
End the silence
“This has always been the dream of Martin Luther King, that we would learn to live together as brothers and sisters, rather and perish together as fools.” Andrew Young This […]
National Rubber Ducky Day!
I was on a video interview recently, and was asked this very important question: “I see four rubber duckies in your office. What’s up with those? My answer: “You should […]
Gender role branding
Let me take you through a brief morning scenario. I get up and get in the bath, and wash myself with a bar of soap. The scent of that soap […]
Happy Holidays!
Hey! Forget about this blog! Go spend some time with your family enjoying the holidays. I’ll see y’all with my first post for 2020 on January 6!
Quit (my) bitchin’
I recently went through quite a number of posts on this blog, adding a feature to it that I wanted to try. In order to effectively use that feature, I […]
Scarcity is back!
I’m struggling today with what to write. I was going to fall back on an old blogger’s trick and just re-release material that I had written in the past around […]
George Carlin, Marie Kondo, and me
The irony that Marie Kondo has now opened a store to sell you stuff isn’t lost on me. Of course, she’s playing the long con – convincing you that your […]
Forget about being thankful
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, a day that bloggers everywhere celebrate because it gives them at least one standard-issue post that makes everyone feel good to write. They all start with […]