"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Is this typical of a small office? I bet it is . . . I manage a division of 14 people who range in age from 26 to 50. Most are in their 30s. They’re educated, bright, white collar workers: courseware and curriculum designers, graphic artists, computer programmers. Slightly more than half are married, and […]
What, you’re not going to InterHash? We were going, but a year ago we realized that unless we went straight to Cardiff and then straight home, it would be far too expensive a trip. To do the things we wanted to do, which included a tour of Scotland and a visit to Donna’s family in […]
Is it just me, or did the lowest common denominator just slingshot into the lead on the back straightaway of this racetrack we call life? Donna and I both had frustrating days and neither of us wanted to cook, so we went to Hooters for wings and beer. Yeah, I know, if you want to […]
From the Washington Monthly: THE BAND PLAYS ON….Among the 5,000 reservists called up for duty last week are two trumpeters, one trombonist, four clarinetists, three saxophone players, an electric bass player and a euphonium player: “Is there not a way to do without the euphonium player?” [Representative Vic] Snyder asked Gen. Richard A. Cody, the […]
A fellow motorcyclist wrote me: A bunch of years ago, I had an AF accident investigator tell me that when looking into the cause of an aircraft accident, they would frequently attribute a crash to pilot error (who was dead) and not blame the living (ground crew/ co-crew) unless it was blantently obvious and no […]
“If I didn’t wake up, I’d still be sleeping.” – Yogi Berra About a year ago I finally did something about my sleep apnea. I’ve had it all my adult life, but until I was in my 50s it was a benign condition—I snored horribly but Donna seemed to have learned to live with it […]
We support freedom of speech . . . as long as you don’t listen! On the job I access the internet through a military network (I’m a civilian contractor on a U.S. Air Force base). The military has always used filters to deny access to web sites containing pornography, hate speech, or games, but lately […]
Articles in The Onion are fact-free, yet sometimes convey more truth than facts ever could. I wonder if this falls into that category. Other bloggers say Capitol Hill Blue can’t be trusted, but after reading about the Enron tapes, I’m starting to think “alternative” journalists like Mack White have a better handle on things than […]