Man of the People, Thwarter of Evildoers, Butler to Cats.
You will notice that that posts older than this one are marked by an accented “A” character — this is the unfortunate legacy of a subrelease upgrade to the WordPress software that powers this blog.� Not sure what the issue is, at this point, but I will search for a solution.� Until I find one, I offer my sincere apologies for the unadulterated ugliness of the funky text.
EDIT: Problem solved. Had to manually hack a PHP configuration file. *sigh*
Not too many are happy with the current, official GOP candidates. Including me. I was initially thrilled with the Giuliani candidacy; he was, after all, America’s Mayor, and he is tough on terror and tough on crime and tough on bad budgets. Sure, he’s a bit wobbly on social issues, but that’s the direction the electorate […]
Not too many are happy with the current, official GOP candidates. Including me. I was initially thrilled with the Giuliani candidacy; he was, after all, America’s Mayor, and he is tough on terror and tough on crime and tough on bad budgets. Sure, he’s a bit wobbly on social issues, but that’s the direction the electorate […]
Goodness — has it really been a month and a half since the last update? Herewith some more updates and observations. 1. Work has been … work. Not too bad; it’s helpful having more people in my area to share the workload. Yet the tasks and the environment haven’t changed much in the last six […]
My employer has a relatively new program designed to foster innovation throughout all levels of the organization. The program is fairly straightforward — anyone can attend a half-day session wherein various creative exercises and principles are shared by senior leaders, to help staff learn to think “outside the box.” Then, any staff member who has the […]
I’ve decided on the perfect cash-out-young retirement plan: Custom-build a live-aboard sail boat and circumnaviate the world. No worries. No agendas. No missed connecting flights. Want to lay at anchor in the Carribbean for a week? No problem. Apart from the threat of pirates and the occasional stormy sea, a self-sufficient existence upon the ocean sounds […]
I’ve been doing less blogging lately, mostly because my evenings are increasingly filled with activities that preclude a visit to Kava House for coffee and writing. Herewith a summary of recent events and observations, dutifully chronicled for the benefit of posterity: Holy Week went well. I ended up serving as parochial master of ceremonies for the […]
A letter arrived yesterday; I didn’t recognize it for what it was, so I didn’t open it until this morning. I didn’t expect to receive it at all, to be honest. Its body consisted of a single sentence — a sentence that hit with almost physical intensity, and its effect downgraded my mood from “introspective” to […]
Grand Rapids is a fairly conservative place, filled with common-sense Midwest types who don’t take a cotton to extremism of any stripe. My hometown is, significantly, the home of President Gerald Ford, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, and Rep. Vern Ehlers — gentle pragmatists, all. So it’s with equal measures of curiosity and distaste that I witness the anti-war […]
I love the folks at Despair, Inc. — I enjoy the cynical way they make hand-over-fist profit by mocking the motivation industry, and I giggle with delight at the parody aphorisms in the company’s “Demotivator” series of posters. Part of the fun of Despair’s product line is that it is much closer to reality than the […]