I think so - they are a reflection of our ego in so many ways. Not ego, as in inflated sense of self worth, although that may be true in many cases. No, I’m thinking ego, id, the basics of our physche.
I contemplated a blog I followed regularly and noted that it reflects it’s author - [...]
Following the drought, Raleigh, NC has been under water restrictions. The restrictions have reduced the volume of water used by about 20%, and the city’s utility revenue along with it. Since the infrastructural costs to support the utility, largely born by the revenue aparantly contain a significant fixed cost base that doesn’t scale downward with the reduced [...]
Leslie and her mom planned a little beach getaway for them to spend some quality time together, so I’ve been free as a bird since Thursday. So, what to do?
That’s a good question. I’ve been married about a year and a half, and the partnership creates a comforting sense of normalcy like breathing the air. Try holding your [...]
Leslie and I took a short four hour drive to a neighboring state for a weekend theme park getaway in partial celebration of her birthday last week. I packed the camera, but forgot fresh batteries and the charger, so I’ll be doing the blog equivalent of singing a capella.
We did take along one of her birthday gifts, [...]
Each morning, somewhere around O’dark thirty, our dogs start to bark. They bark at the deer grazing in the field behind our house, or at a cat skulking through the woods, and more often than not, the dogs seem to bark just because they can. I know the barking is a form of communication, a challenge to anything that [...]
“I have met the enemy and they are us” - my adaptation of the famous quote from Oliver Hazzard Perry.
Like many corporate denizens, I find myself ranting against the perceived narrow mindedness of others when my “new” ideas are not readily accepted. This resistance to ideas from others can be summed up as “Not invented here”. If we didn’t [...]
The tree, illuminated at night always an evocative symbol of the holidays for me.
For me, each Christmas brings new celebrations and new revelations and insights. Last year, I struggled to find the Christmas spirit leading up to the holidays. In the end, I did find it, not in stores at the mall, but in the company [...]
Many of us enjoy reading it - the scathing editorial in the local newspaper, a review panning the latest block-buster flop, or a snarky blog lambasting a celebrity, political figure, or large organization. What is it about the human condition, that we find entertainment and value in the ridicule and derision of others?
I wade through this [...]
Things not going your way in life? Are you serving others or yourself?
Quite recently, I received a karmic reminder of where my focus should be. I’m working on some projects that afford me a growing realm of creative freedoms, and along with those come a hefty measure of responsibility to my stakeholders in how I comport myself [...]
What most defines a civilization , it’s technology or it’s practices? We traveled to Chichen-Itza while in Mexico last week, and I thoughtI’d share a few thoughts and impressions, having previously also visited Tulum.
Technology can enable a society, but doesn’t necessarily define it. We have been on earth for thousands of years, yet our attention span and [...]
