Category: miscellaneous

Note: I have been working on this post for a while but in recent weeks some of my long held beliefs about government have been tested. So I reserve the right to argue with myself in later posts ;-). If you accept the premise that government should exist and that democracy is a legitimate form…

This weekend a step was taken towards parental happiness: my son helped mow the lawn.  Even though it was only the push mower and he only cut about 300 square yards of the nearly 4 acres I have to mow, I already have visions of graduating from labor to management: sipping mohitos from my hammock…

Since I am feeling generous this morning I’m going to give you, my 10 readers, a few free product ideas.  I give these away without any license – but if you go off and make them I’d like a free one in exchange for the inspiration I provided you. First up, I’d like a personal…

Looking back on past blog posts, I realize that I never posted about getting my Kentucky Concealed Carry of a Deadly Weapon (CCDW) Instructor permit a few months back – all my updates where in the internet black hole known as Facebook.  My original CCDW permit instructor, Joe Kalil, contacted me and asked if I’d…

I have a whole pile of posts I want to get done.  Lot’s of thoughts swimming around in my head looking for a place to get out.  They all seem connected, but I’m not sure how.  If I try to make the connections and develop some sort of master hypothesis or commentary, I’m afraid they…

A Monday morning thought experiment. Let’s say you’re driving around minding your own business.  You see something out of place – someone that looks “suspicious”.  Your mind races to some of the bad things that have happened in the neighborhood recently so you decide to check it out.  As you get in closer, your “suspect”…

. You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it. – George Hanson in Easy Rider There’s a lot that seems backwards to me today.  Or maybe upside down.  Upside down and backwards.  I know I only crested the summit a few weeks ago, but I…

So tomorrow I am officially over the hill.  By some strange circumstance (which happens to be called work) I am in Shanghai for this momentous occasion, which really only means that I will be in my 30s for twelve fewer hours than I would have been otherwise.  Damn time zones.  Who said time travel was…