A few days before the beginning of the Fall semester, Jason Womack posted a prompt on Facebook that popped up just as I was about to close it. He asked, “What five things are you NOT going to do today?” Here were my responses: Respond to that thing that just came across my Facebook feed. Someone […]
Arnold Kling, “Three Languages of Politics”
It looks like most political commentators are just talking past one another. Why? Arnold Kling hazards a guess, arguing that people don’t understand one another because they have fundamentally different visions of how the world works. According to Kling, conservatives see the world as a conflict between civilization and barbarism, liberals see it as a […]
Subscribe And Save
We use Amazon Subscribe and Save for a bunch of different things. It’s nice to know that there’s going to be a shipment of paper towels, coffee, almonds, and other stuff pretty regularly. This reduces the amount of stuff we have to worry about. Here’s what we subscribe to:
Emma Maersk: World’s Largest Cargo Ship
Here’s an interesting documentary on the Emma Maersk, an ultra-large container ship. It’s worth 45 minutes of your time–as you watch, consider just how many people–and how many jurisdictions–are involved in what you see. In the video, Emma Maersk is carrying over 10,000 containers of cargo. Could the captain list a complete inventory of what’s on […]
Travel Habits
Jeanne Hoffman (Le Chic Geek) has a neat post on her travel habits here. I try and fail to develop routines–at the suggestion of my friend and coach Jason Womack, I used to write where I was and what I was doing on the bathroom mirror with an expo marker every time I stayed in […]
WWE Booty-O’s
I know it’s “fake,” but I enjoy pro wrestling nonetheless. The best answer I’ve read from someone asked “why do you like pro wrestling?” is “it’s a live-action comic book,” and someone else has said that when you watch WWE you’re watching a show about a company putting on a wrestling show; in this sense, […]
We Could Do More If We Had More Resources! Who Couldn’t?
Consider how frequently you hear someone in a firm or a bureau complain that they are under-funded and that they need more resources to complete a mission. Should they get a larger budget? I would venture to say “probably not,” though there are certainly exceptions because everyone could say “I can do more of the things […]
May the Force Be With You: My Favorite iPhone Game
If you’re looking for a really good game for your smartphone, I recommend “Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.” It’s an excellent RPG in which you collect a group of characters on the Dark Side and the Light Side and complete a series of missions and battles. You collect characters, gear them up, level them up, […]
The Fancy Sky Club Credit Card: It’s Worth It
A few years ago, I decided to bite the bullet and get the Delta Reserve American Express card. It carries an annual fee of $450, but was it worth it? You betcha. Why? There are several reasons. First, you get a gratis companion pass every year that can even be used for a first-class ticket. […]