“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies.” (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)” ― Voltaire “Those were people launched into an exodus of biblical proportions,… Read More ›
Education
WITH HEAVY HEART
“It is dangerous to spring to obvious conclusions about baseball or, for that matter, ball players. Baseball is not an obvious game.” ― Roger Kah “A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us… Read More ›
WHATS THE PLAN STAN?
“I’m an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.” ― Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe’s Guide to Life “Perhaps after all, for all our talk of change,… Read More ›
JUST ANOTHER POLITICAL EXCERCISE
“Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley… Read More ›
TALES OF INQUIRY
“earn what you can since everything’s for sale” ― Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales “The most important thing in the life of every man and every woman is not that they should never fall along the way. The important thing is… Read More ›
LETTER TO METRO COUNCIL ENDORSING KEVIN STACEY FOR SCHOOL BOARD
I’m writing you this morning to ask you to please vote on November 5th for Kevin Stacey as the District 7 School Board Representative. His opponent, Ms Player would be a wonderful appointment for almost any government position, but this… Read More ›
RINSE, WASH, REPEAT
“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn’t annihilate human nature.” ― Philip Roth, American Pastoral “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” ― Joyce Carol… Read More ›
THOSE UNKOWN DEMONS
“This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically woke, and all that stuff, you should get over that quickly. The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who… Read More ›
LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP
“Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.” ― Emily Dickinson “And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.” ― Neil Young “Did… Read More ›
FLEETING MOMENTS
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” ― Flannery O’Connor“ Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.” “And he has Brain.” “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.” There was… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 