Category: Observations & Ideas

Growing Up Is Hard To Do: Gin Never Grew Up

I have two female friends, Ginny and Mika. I’ve written about Ginny (ie Gin) before. Specifically, that her perspective on having a spouse is skewed because her parents fulfill that role. In this article, I’m […]

The Three Facets of Relationships

There are three reasons why we need relationships and none of them have to do with being in Love.

How Do You Know Where You Are?

When we are trying to wrap our heads around something, we compare the unknown to the known. For my brother he compares things to tackle boxes. For me, it’s something else.

The Law of Convenience Redux: Convenience Always Wins

Even a project that I toiled over for years lost out to the rule of convenience, because Convenience always wins. Always.

Flexible Labor Markets and Inflexible Bills I: The Big Picture

As the old saying goes, economists and businesses “want their cake and eat it too” and for the most part, that is impossible.

How Do You Deal With Unreasonable or Irrational People?

In life we will engage people who can be irrationally belligerent. There are different ways to handle them, so the question becomes, which way is best?

Top 5 of 2022

Here it is, 5 of the most interesting, thought provoking, and inspirational stories of 2022!

BLM vs ALM? It’s really NLM!

Bionics, Pandemics, and the No Lives MatterĀ Movement

A Love Letter To Wires

Their should be a Valentines type day, but just for cables!

Politics

No matter how bad the other guy is, your guy has something to balance it off.