Meandering Monday about Cheating Through Life

When I was in ninth grade, I discovered that I needed glasses. Actually, I didn’t discover it; my French teacher wrote something on the chalkboard and asked me to translate it. When I told her I couldn’t read it, she told me to put my fingers between my temples and my eyes and pull back … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Being as Lucky as I Want to Be

I’m a lucky man. No, not like the Emerson, Lake & Palmer song Lucky Man which is about the old saw that the grass is always greener on the other side (you walk over to your neighbor’s perfect-looking lawn and now you can see all his weeds, so he isn’t so good, is he? A … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: They Already Know

“Every breath you take and every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take, I’ll be watching you” – Sting There’s a Wisconsin vending company offering their employees microchip implants in their finger so they can do things like make purchases, log into computers, and the like, and I don’t think they’re … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about …me?

I’m a walking contradiction, partly truth, and partly fiction. – Kris Kristofferson We’re all that way, aren’t we (no, I don’t mean all the dark, depressingly negative things in that song of his – just that one line.) Part of the reason it’s so difficult (and just plain insulting) to try to put labels on … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: Unintended Consequences of the Fountain of Youth

What are the consequences of medications to prolong our “youthfulness”? Testosterone replacement. Viagra. Yeah, I know about the “see a doctor if you have an __ lasting longer than four hours – I’m talking about something more long-term, here. I’m not a KEEP THINGS THE WAY GOD INTENDED luddite. What I’m talking about is understanding … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Independence

That’s right, tomorrow is July 4th – INDEPENDENCE DAY, when we celebrate how these other guys from a long time ago decided to stop letting someone rule over them who didn’t have their best interests at heart. They fought to be independent, to control their own destiny. Independence means being reliant on yourself to get … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: Inspiring Hope

This week, while Meandering Monday about the Fickleness of Fantasies  , I once again raised the specter of me going to Mars. I have become inspired by a lengthy blog post that someone shared with me (because among the many odd topics I yammer on about while he’s trying to work, Mars is often in … Continue reading →