At 8:00p.m. last night, I arrived home. Work had been fairly awful, and Kaleb and I had gone to spend some time with good friends to try and salvage a positive end for the day. For the first time in many months, I was simply not in the mood to write. My spirit is slightly damaged, and I needed to head to bed to escape into a dream that has become a constant welcome addition to my nightly slumber. I believe that my Facebook status update fairly well summed things up, so I will leave you with that for to... read more »
Dear Mr. S., My main purpose in writing this letter is to share with you my thoughts and feelings during and following the assembly you recently led at our school. Of course, I do not presume to speak for the other members of our schools faculty and staff. Even though I have had several conversations with various of my co-workers in the days since your visit to our school, and found some of them to share my opinions on your presentation, Ill leave it to them to share with you, or not, their thoughts an... read more »
Have you ever been watching tv program or a movie with a car chase, and then watched as the car magically burst into flames and exploded after a collision? Sure, I think most of us have watched that scenario on a screen at some point. When I see something like that, I, like many people, have the initial reaction to proclaim, "Cars don't really just blow up like that!" Well, of course they don't. And the television and movie producers aren't trying to maintain reality. If they were trying to make it rea... read more »
These days, those of us living in fully-modernized countries can have pretty much anything the easy way. We can buy frozen meals that are fully prepared and need only a few minutes in the microwave to be ready to eat. The windshield repair companies and auto detailers and dog washers will come to your location to save you the time and effort of driving to them. Nearly anything you could buy in a store can now be ordered online and delivered to your front door, if you don't feel like going into the stor... read more »
A few days ago, a friend posted an observation online about the sudden disappearance of all the Kony videos and other posts. They have vanished from common conversation as quickly as they appeared. The Kony hysteria was a wave that passed over us all, then dissipated without effect. So, that must mean that this Kony guy has been stopped from continuing to commit further atrocities, right? Well, no. It just means that the media hype and activism fad have ended. In our world these days, billions of p... read more »
