The US government has long passed the metaphor of it being a business. It’s bigger than any company in the world by several times. It’s management needs are enormous and it has been deeply damaged in the last few years. The U.S. Federal Government administers over 2,600 federal programs, totaling…
Last night had a massive win for the Democrats up and down the ballot. Most people are focused on the federal level (Senate and Congress). However, there is a more important possibility with even greater consequences. Are you aware of the interstate popular vote compact? Here is a quick entertaining…
Society rests on some agreed-to fictions. Money is one of them. It’s not real. We just agree that it works and then it works. Our collective imaginations becomes solid like stone. Fairness, on the other hand is something that is baked into our collective DNA. Even animals have an innate…
When I was a teenager, I played a little pool at the local rec center. I thought it was fun and used my father’s cue. Unfortunately, I lost the cue and he was pretty mad about it. I didn’t play much again until I attended community college in Rockland, NY.…
For as long as I can remember, I have been a day dreamer. When I was in classes at school, I would daydream instead of paying attention. In meetings, I would often think about what someone said for several minutes, which led me to miss what everyone else was saying…
Some thoughts on advice quality and some advice I typically give people. Advice Quality Of all the advice you will receive from people, (including the advice in this post!) the quality of that advice will break down approximately like this: You will receive lots of advice from lots of people…
Since starting Dungeon Crawler Carl about a month ago, I have read nonstop until I finished the existing 8 books in the series. The author is planning two more in the next few years. They are also producing a live-action show of the content on Peacock. I have enjoyed this…
One day in 1869, two friends, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet, visited La Grenouillère and painted the same scene side-by side. Here there are: As you can see, there were in the same spot at the same time. They were both accomplished French impressionists. They were both the same age…
It’s a miracle you are reading this sentence. A miracle that can only be caused by massive global cooperation of people over centuries. I believe it is cooperation that is the single greatest asset of the human race. When we work together we make miracles. When we are selfish and…
I just upgraded to iOS 27 beta. The keyboard has never been good but look at this thing. Spacebar Let’s start with the obvious. What is going on with the spacebar? Who is it so tiny? The other buttons are not nearly as important. I literally hit the buttons to…
Update to “Relearning to read“. I have been reading more and more each day since my work days have ended. I decided to read light fiction to start. The Jason Pargin book was fine, but I wasn’t inspired to read another of his series yet. Also, I purchased Kindle Unlimited…
The doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; — used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism.– Wikipedia article As a child, my father taught me to do some dumb tricks, like spell Antidisestablishmentarianism. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me…
I’ve been trying to live the life of a retired person, but I am finding it harder than I imagined. Every successful person has a serious amount of luck in their history. I am no exception. I have been extremely fortunate in my career to be able to retire in…
Yesterday, I rewatched Big staring Tom Hanks, released in 1998. The setup is fairly simple. Josh, A 13 year old boy is entering puberty and likes this girl. Unfortunately, he is short and the girl likes an older 16/17 year old boy. So, Josh wishes on a magic Zoltar machine.…