I accidentally bought cool shoes
I once owned a pair of 1985 Air Jordan sneakers. I purchased them when I was 14 years old with money earned from babysitting. If I still owned them today,…
Great new… some things never change
I spent the weekend at Camp Workcoeman, a Boy Scout camp in New Hartford, CT. Charlie and a handful of Scouts from his pack spent the weekend hiking, earning badges,…
Sink signage saddness
There's a sign in my workplace lunchroom that forbids people from leaving dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. Every time I see this sign, I'm saddened. Do we really need…
Entertain, damn it.
Filmmaker Kevin Smith’s approach to addressing any audience is the same as mine. He writes in his memoir that anytime a person speaks to a group of people, of any…
The whole damn world is a Starbuck’s drive-thru line
Elysha and I pulled into the Starbucks parking lot, weaving around a dozen cars lined up in the drive-thru lane so we could park. She was running inside for coffee…
Just a little paint…
Elysha and I have taken our kids to the Ben & Jerry's in Canton many times. We meet Elysha's parents in the shopping center for dinner and then walk over…
Resolution update: September 2022
Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable. The following are the result from…
Less is often more
From NumLock News, a daily newsletter that I read and adore: A new study published in Nature found that when subjects were set to the task of trying to fix something, they…
Delaying gratification: A balancing act
The ability to delay gratification is imperative for a successful life. The willingness to put aside the desire to play when the need to study arises is the difference between…
Malaria vaccine will change the world forever
Amazing news out of the University of Oxford: A malaria vaccine trial on 409 children was found to have an 80 percent rate of protection. Malaria kills 409,000 people a…
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