Jun 27The Job Hunting Roller CoasterWhen I was a kid I was fortunate in that My family lived in Florida. This means that we were able to take advantage of the specials available by Walt Disney world to attract locals to come in during the slower parts of the year. As a young male child…Job Hunting9 min read
Jun 13Cross Country Considerations II: VacationsI recently went on a very unique vacation… I recently went on a very unique vacation. I went with some friends, the Bowers. More specifically, I went with my friend Don and his daughter Ginny, although we just refer to her by her nickname Gin. Initially it was just supposed…Vacation11 min read
May 30Cross Country Considerations I: Inflation in our minimum acceptable standardsWhat’s your minimum? Is it really the minimum? It all started with one of my classic fixations. I identify a goal and fixate on it, this is who I am. As I’ve mentioned before the best description of my personality is that I’m 1st or 5th, i.e. I’m in 120%…Vacation10 min read
May 16BLM vs ALM? It’s really NLM!Bionics, Pandemics, and the No Lives Matter Movement — I think the most engaging articles that I write, at least to me, are the ones that start with a simple comment or observation that is indicative of a huge trend which I can comment on. There have been two of them that happened during the year of the pandemic…Blm10 min read
May 2A Love Letter To WiresWe were at my friends house when it happened. My son came out from his friend’s bedroom and said “I found it!” Sitting in his hands was a little black computer mouse I had bought him a few months before. He had had it for about a week and he…Wires9 min read
Apr 18Things You Need to Experience in Life to Truly Understand ThemA while ago, I wrote a bit of a high brow article all about the concept of not repeating our mistakes and really exploring why we sometimes attempt things again, even if we learned it was a bad idea. Today I’m sort of broaching that subject again from a different…Loans12 min read
Apr 4Can We Make Every Job A Government Job? (But not like that)I have a close friend who is about to turn forty. I knew her since she was in her teens, college and into her first job. She, shockingly, is still at that company nearing the 20 year mark with them. The company, like so many other private sector organizations has…Retirement9 min read
Mar 21PoliticsWe are in the political season. I say we are in the political season, but if you’re reading this you’re probably thinking I’m insane and you’d be right as the big elections were last year. For clarification, I tend to write my articles six months to a year in advance…Democrats10 min read
Mar 7The Law of ConvenienceShe was screaming at me. She screamed at me a lot, almost to the point where you would think she was my wife. As heated arguments go it was pretty normal in that there were several interterwoven points to the back and forth as it escalated in volumen and adamancy…Convenience8 min read
Feb 21Voluntary ActivityWhen I interviewed for my current job I was told what the long term plans were for my position. Specifically the vague idea was for me to be teaching a subject I had no background with . The laudable goal on the part of my institution was to provide for…Work9 min read