A long time ago, I was taught a brief sentence in a political science class. It should be a summary of resolving all disputes between people. Its origins are cloudy, but it applies more today than ever before: Your rights end where my nose begins. You can swing around all you want, but if you … Read more
A man’s life goes through stages, some fun, many not. A lot of men will end up melancholy, depressed or angry. It’s like the stages of death – Playful (Childhood) Studious (School) Overworked (Career) Melancholy (Mid-career) Stressed (Late career) Angry (Very late career) Resigned (Retired or dead) As a man progresses through the stages, people … Read more
My brother-in-law Jack passed away just over a week ago. His services were this week, so it has been a little bit insane around here. We’ve had enough deaths in the family and extended family over the past few years where the rituals all seem very familiar, but not any less painful. Call the funeral … Read more
I’m beginning to think you can determine someone’s age by what noise level they consider “loud.” While I’m not out on my front porch, yelling at the neighbors’ kids to “turn that crap down” – yet – I have noticed that my world is pretty noisy, and I would like that changed. Now, I love … Read more
The end of another year. Christmas. Hanukkah. Year-end close at the office. Budget deadlines for next year at the office. Family in town. Leaving for vacation. Stress. Wow. There is approximately 43% more crap going on right now that I can process. I was promoted to manager this year. This is the major reason I … Read more
I think that the major problem with our country is not people actively trying to keep other people from voting, it’s that we keep putting idiots in charge of the basic mechanics. Texas has a Voter ID law now. Finally. Yes, I think it is a reasonable requirement. If you have to show ID before you … Read more
I’m the President of the Board of Directors of Agape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc – which most people around here would know as KNON 89.3 FM – the Voice of the People. You can listen online at www.knon.org if you’re not in the DFW area. (You can also pledge online, and we’re in the middle of … Read more
Why are people so annoying? Seriously, what has happened to us? Where are our morals? Annoying is actually not a strong enough word. Both of these items that really annoyed me involve petty theft. Why do we have people who think stealing someone else’s resources is a reasonable thing to do? Spam Users I created … Read more
A lot of companies spend lots of money trying to get people to join their online community. To some, a community is a Facebook page (“Like us!”), or a Twitter feed (“Follow us!”) or an Instagram account (“Look at us!”) When I moved demobox.org (an old domain I’ve had forever) off my Domino server at … Read more
Yesterday, I woke up and realized that Rocky the Chihuahua was sleeping next to me, curled up by my head. He loves sleeping on the bed, as do all of our dogs. However, his sleeping on the bed was a bit disconcerting, since we had put him in his crate the night before, when we … Read more