In 2007, Steve Jobs walked onto a stage in San Francisco, California and introduced us to a revolutionary device known as the iPhone.
Ews-nay Ake-fay
I mean, political affiliations aside, you can’t make this stuff up.
Overreacting Avians
We have a couple of parakeets (I can only assume we thought our house needed a few more funky odors)...
The Second-Rate Scientist Report for August 16, 2019
A (surprisingly food-heavy) roundup of second-rate thoughts from a first-rate week.
It’s that time of year!
Happy “Last-5-work-days-of-reasonably-sane-traffic-before-the-onslaught-of-school-year-traffic-kicks-into-high-gear-and-wrecks-(-ha-ha-pun-intended-)-the-relative-bliss-that-is-driving-5-miles-without-being-stuck-behind-a-bus-or-in-several-school-zones-while-hours-of-your-life-melt-away-like-wax-in-the-sun-which-by-the-way-will-ALSO-be-waving-bye-bye-soon-so-soak-that-up-too-while-you-can-but-anyway-traffic-is-about-to-get-horrendous-in-this-here-city-but-you-know-what-now-that-I-think-of-it-it’s-already-pretty-unbearable-what-with-everyone-reading-and-texting-and-playing-Yahtzee-with-friends-while-”driving”-so-really-there-is-already-a-glut-of-unnecessary-accidents-which-cause-major-backups-which-cause-dangerous-blood-pressure-spikes-across-this-here-city-as-it-is-and-consequently-makes-me-want-to-prevent-my-own-children-from-driving-until-they-are-AT-LEAST-thirty-so-what’s-the-point-it’s-ALWAYS-bad-out-there-not-sure-it’s-any-worse-when-school-is-in-than-any-other-time-of-year-which-WOW-what-does-that-say-about-us-as-a-society” Week! Let’s make it a good one!
I once was able to
I once was able to just walk out of church, get into my car and go about my daily business.
Know Thyself
I firmly believe that the more we know about how we are made, the more fulfilling our lives can be.
Do Not Reply
I’m pretty sure the person who created the “Do Not Reply” email, those message addenda which tell you that no one will pay any attention to your return communication, was a parent.
Quotable Friday – Tech Edition
Happy Friday! Be inspired.
And what a future it ̶i̶s̶ was!
We were living on the outskirts of technological advance and we were excited and contented and honored to be part of The Future!
Yesterday
My wife and I had a chance to see the movie "Yesterday," about a struggling musician who is hit by a bus and awakens to find that he's the only one who remembers the Beatles, and can therefore enlighten the world. It was really good.
Train Them Up!
". . . the quiz answers are so obvious that you’d have to be a, well, moron, to NOT find the correct option. . ."
Custom Orthotics Unite!
How am I supposed to feel OK about myself when someone like John Wick, who is at least 10 years my senior . . .
“Genius!”
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that we’re throwing the word “genius” around pretty haphazardly these days.
Thoughts on Self-Publishing?
I apologize if the title is misleading, or if the question mark was not prominent enough. I know next to nothing about self-publishing so have no meaningful thoughts to offer. I did however want to reach out to this wonderful and knowledgeable community to see if any of you have thoughts and/or experience with self-publishing. … Continue reading Thoughts on Self-Publishing?
