A countdown of sorts
According to my daughter, and several dead Mayas, this may be my last chance to get a year’s worth of blogging in before it all ends. Apparently, 2012 is either going to finish with a spiritual...
View ArticleThe Long, Eternal, Relentless, Never-ending, Unremitting Year
If pressed one day to reveal my dream tattoo, its explanation would arise as a result of watching far too many Monty Python skits. More than likely I’d need to find a space massive enough to...
View ArticleDazed & Confused; the crackpot college tour.
My only defense is that I dipped into my ‘sanity jar’ one too many times, came up empty and proceeded to agree to something everyone is still shaking their heads at. Yes, I jumped onto the caboose of...
View ArticleThe Mayas were dead wrong; yes, dead, but most importantly wrong.
Although any statement I make in my house involving science is automatically tossed aside with a giant hearty laugh, I really thought I had a decent handle on math. I announced in my first post that...
View ArticleMath; the cacophonous noise of numbers.
The architect who designed our house was a fairly rotund fellow: sturdy, stout and elliptical. Perhaps because he was forced to face his oblong softness in the mirror each morning, he may have...
View ArticleDaylight savings, nighttime losses …
Sleep is important. Personally, it’s more important to me than most anything I can think of. I would gladly give up my favorite meal, a thick wad of cash or even the spare fifty IQ points I tell people...
View ArticleMission Impossible
It seems one of my kids has crossed over a great divide: the span that bridges the gap between child and adult. Well … sort of. Maybe she hasn’t made it entirely to the other side. Maybe she’s over the...
View ArticleRockets and a lot of Red Glares (part 3)
I know this has been a tiny bit of torture for many of my regular Peakers out there—this being the third installment of Hopefully Not a Waste in Space, a series about my eighteen-year old daughter’s...
View ArticleMy Simpleminded Smartphone
My smartphone is …well, how do I put this—not terribly smart. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am hugely amazed at the capability of said smartphone, and believe these miniature, magical machines deserve...
View ArticleThe Foot-Slogged Journey from Zero to Hero
According to Google, the definition of the word hero is: A person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. A warrior, a knight, a...
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