Today marks the 30th anniversary of my decision to stop drinking. I call it my rebirthday. This was accomplished not by my willpower, it was accomplished only through Grace. If life is a school, some lessons are hard-learned. For me this was one of them and it took a lot of damage and misery to […]
Over the past week I posted four items on my Facebook timeline, varied in topics. I was going over them a day or two ago and noticed something. Each post was different, yet it showed something in the readership that showed a trend. I sort of backed into it by accident, but it ended up […]
This is a true story. I’m not sure if it’s a story of survival through sheer grit or one because of and despite complete idiocy. Or more likely, because of divine intervention. In December of ‘87 or ‘88 my dad had a 26 foot Pearson sailboat, the Tiburon. It was based out of Middle River, […]
Yes indeed, Santa is real. I’ve always believed in him. Someone on Facebook recently posed that question, and I responded with an abbreviated version of the proof. If you look at the legend of Santa Claus as allegory, it’s fairly easy to unravel the mystery. Santa Claus is a spirit. The children’s ancient wondrous tale […]
For the past 3+ days I’ve felt completely energy-depleted. Busy-ness and business have contributed in a great way to that depletion, but there was also something more. I’ve been searching for years for clarity, in many forms. Clarity of past events and clarity of present situations; clarity of my purpose. All a part of the […]
Much has been said lately of the need to revisit the way recording artists are being paid. Especially now, in the midst of the pandemic driven life changes. The old accounting system is hopelessly arcane in this information age. Performance royalties are still based upon the old so-many-cents per spin at a radio station, which […]
I suppose training as a pilot has benefited me much more than just learning how to get off of and back onto the ground safely in an airplane. Thank goodness that aviation safety is a major part of earning one’s wings these days. In pilot training we learn about accident chains and how to avoid […]
Normally I adopt the proper dinner etiquette rule on Facebook to not discuss religion or politics. Sports? Fifty-fifty. I don’t post nor take a public position on anything in those realms. I do, however, occasionally post to elicit critical thinking, and for the most part, steer it toward the positive. I am amazed at the […]
The modern grocery store, with its aisles brimming with a seemingly endless variety of products, is more than just a place to purchase food. It is a microcosm of society, a reflection of our values, our desires, and our fears. At its core, the grocery store is a commerce marketplace, a place where goods are […]
Every once in a while I’ll go through my Google bookmarks bar and tidy it up. See what’s still relevant and what’s not, and cull it to my more current temporal interests. I have a batch of folders on the top bar, each dedicated to a field of interest with the links placed in their […]