Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The news from Paris on Friday night was tragic. The reaction from some may be even more tragic. I have seen calls for massive troop invasions of the some part of the Middle East. To wipe our enemies by any means possible. Some have gone so far as to call for the nuclear option. The... Continue Reading →
This post originally appeared on a blog I no longer maintain. It's been sitting in my files. Today is a day to remember. (I posted this originally in 2007. In the intervening years we've lost Lee as well. So this year it becomes a tribute to the 9/11 victims and my friend) I saw that... Continue Reading →
I'm going to ask you to make a larger investment in this blog post than normal. What comes next will make much more sense if you watch this video. This is Ash Beckham, an LGBT advocate, delivering a TEDx talk in Boulder CO. It's 11 minutes long but worth the time. It's not really about what... Continue Reading →
Not much to report. Mostly a day of travel. Nine more hours on the road. Breakfast was at the hotel. Packed the car with all our souvenirs. R got a variety of things but her pride and joy was a tri-corn hat with cockade and a maple wood fife. My lady wife got a book... Continue Reading →
Woke this morning without any pain again. At least the days start off on the right foot with this foolishness. Breakfast is still on the pancake express. Today it was local place Mama Steve's. The name was just too good to pass up. Mama Steve's is a bit more old fashioned breakfast diner. Pancakes were... Continue Reading →
The good news first. I woke up to no pain in my tooth. Breakfast quickly showed tha t the problem hadn't gone away. As long as I didn't chew on the left I was good. Not optimal but it should work. Breakfast was at IHOP. The two ladies made that choice but it does bring... Continue Reading →
I don't believe omens. Not really. But this trip might just make me change my mind. We set out on Wednesday and things were off to a bad start right away. Less than an hour down the road and one of the various computer alerts on the car went off. "SVC Tire Monitor". My car... Continue Reading →
Growing up vacation was the big adventure. It began in the darkness before the dawn. Bags packed the night before so that we could be "wheels up" bright and early before the bright had even arrived. Three boys in back grabbing some quick sleep at first then swapping comics or whatever to keep us quiet.... Continue Reading →
First of all, we had a really good time. Folks were generally pleasant, the weather was good enough and we found some wines we really liked. But we also noted a couple things that we haven't seen in the other areas we've done similar tours. The Sample Tray - We got some version of this... Continue Reading →
Recently had another in a long string of conversations about school. Some with youth and some with parents. But the themes have been the same. "Why do I/they even have to study this stuff? When will they ever have to use it?" It's usually some math related tirade often having to do with algebra. Let me... Continue Reading →
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