Last night, the world lost one of its great idea people. When Steve Wozniak, a technical wizard, and Steve jobs, an idea man with charisma, business savvy, and a vision for the future unmatched in the past quarter century. It is a great loss to the world. To the Apple… Continue reading
It’s hard to believe it has been ten years since those towers fell. The memories are so vivid in my mind, walking down the stairs on that fateful Tuesday morning to get breakfast. I passed into the living room and walked past the television, a 60-inch behemoth that shows everything… Continue reading
While Washington bickers back and forth about who is to blame for Standard and Poor’s reducing the credit rating of the United States, and Wall Street bails out of the market, sending the Dow crashing over 600 points today, let’s look a little more closely at the reason it has… Continue reading
Against my better judgement, and with some reservations, I have decided to be a bit more vocal about politics on this blog. I believe I am a true moderate, and moderates have far too few real voices in this country. I hold many of the fiscal conservative concerns of the… Continue reading
Okay, I do realize it is Thursday and not Wednesday. What I’m talking about here is the culmination of two weeks of totally swamped. I had some overlap of summer and fall classes at the two schools where I teach. I am also guest lecturing today and tomorrow on the… Continue reading
Was in the car this morning listening to the Snakes and Arrows Live cd from Rush. My eldest daughter commented that it sounded really good for a live recording. I didn’t know what that meant so I asked her to clarify. She said most live performances today suck. I responded… Continue reading
As I sat working in the yard this morning, I started thinking about the Rapture hype that we’ve been seeing for the past week. Clearly, most people believe it’s a bunch of hooey. But I have seen billboards proclaiming judgement day’s imminent arrival. Somebody is paying for that ad space,… Continue reading
When I took my daughter to the high school yesterday for a Cross Country team meeting, little did I know that I would never pull my truck into my garage again. I am driving eastbound in the leftmost of three lanes. A car pulls out of the grocery store parking… Continue reading
First, thanks everyone for the birthday wishes on facebook and Twitter. And now, some sad news. After battling a two week battle with dropsy, my son’s betta passed away. Dropsy is a particularly nasty condition where the internal organs can’t process body functions properly, and fluid accumulates inside. This causes… Continue reading
Kids are home from school this week, and meanwhile I still have to continue with what I do. The home office is getting into shape. I have three of the four tanks set up and running. The Pachypanchax playfairii (killifish) pair I picked up at SAKE are finally in their… Continue reading
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