Like a Laser on a Vacuum Cleaner
One of my favorite expressions, crude as it may sound, is “like teats on a boar hog.” It’s used when you’re talking about something that is completely useless. I mean,… Read more »
Category: Thoughts in Progress
Steeling Oneself
Working under the Air Force, I get to read a lot of the guidance and encouragement given by its leaders. Recent events in Afghanistan led many DoD leaders to write… Read more »
The Endless Morning…
Sometimes in the morning when I get to work I like to listen to the Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits 1974-78. It picks me up. It gets me going. But… Read more »
Too Easy
Hey, I could do that. No. You couldn’t. I was listening to an acoustic concert by the group Above & Beyond. Its three musicians were the core of the group… Read more »
Hot and Cold
I’ve finally gotten around to listening to the last installment of Dan Carlin’s “Supernova in the East” series on his Hardcore History podcast. Carlin does such a wonderful job of… Read more »
Is the Customer Really Right?
A conversation I had with a friend brought on some particular important thoughts this morning. He works in IT and understands a bit about why things might not work right…which… Read more »
You can’t have it both ways
I still get over to The Daily podcast every so often, and this week a Sunday Read from a few months ago titled “The Native Scholar who Wasn’t” caught my… Read more »
Modern Parables and Fractured Fairy Tales
Maybe it’s my cynicism that does it, but I think I’ve developed a critical eye that directs me to the possibilities of underlying philosophies in what people say. So this… Read more »
Am I on to something here?
Today, the parable of the sower and the soils comes to mind: 1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so… Read more »
The Delta Variant
I still like listening to the Daily, despite growing a bit tired of the New York Times itself. Their most recent podcast, the Rise of Delta, was of its typical… Read more »