Now What?
A year ago today I left social media behind and resolved to post something on this blog every day. I succeeded in that for the most part. I “failed” on… Read more »
Category: Thoughts in Progress
Relentless Reflection?
I’ve been working in and around the military for coming up on 40 years now. Of course I’ve seen plenty of changes over time. A lot of them have been… Read more »
Could come in handy…
Who couldn’t use a good outhouse? A lot of people, I suppose. But those people are the ones who haven’t really experienced life. Not that using an outhouse is the… Read more »
Replacement Value?
A few days ago I posted a dubstep remix of a song by a group called Above & Beyond. I was curious about their “music,” so I checked into them,… Read more »
Too Little, Too Late?
When I was in Beijing, my tutor was a young lady who was one day younger than my son which, at that time, made her 20 years old. She was… Read more »
Getting it Wrong
I heard something that made sense to me on a podcast this morning. It was from a man who said he grew up in a strict conservative Southern Baptist church… Read more »
Outpacing the Classics
On a whim, I decided to revisit Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. I’m into the second book now — Foundation and Empire — and while I like it just fine, it’s… Read more »
Spiritual[real]ity
I’ve mentioned here before one of the basic facts of our existence – we are spiritual beings. It all boils down to our desire for meaning. No one goes through… Read more »
Not that Funny
One of my favorite lines in the movie Jurassic Park comes from Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm character. While debating John Hammond about the ethics of creating dinosaurs, he said,… Read more »
Well Worth the Try
I normally resolve to stay out of the political fray…and don’t worry, I still am here…but Ross Douthat often catches my eye as a reasonable moderate writer for the New… Read more »