Golly gee! I’ve been tagged. I don’t think I’ve ever been tagged online before, so this is sorta disorienting. But, when a famous person tags you, you play like you’re IT. Them’s there’s the rules. And here’s the rules about this here tagging business: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what …
Monthly Archives: December 2007
The Danger of Thinking You Believe
On the floor, holding his wounded arm, the mayor looked up. “Put down your gun. You’re hurting yourself. You’ve never believed, and now that you think you believe, you hurt people because of it.” –Ray Bradbury, “The Man,” 1948 “The Man” is one of those classic sci-fi stories that does what sci-fi ought to do: …
The Five Questions
Our friend KP in Illinois is a woman with theories. One of our favorites is the idea of The Five Questions. These are five simple questions that if people would ask before they do something just might alleviate the vast majority of behavior caused problems. The questions were first formulated in a teaching environment, but …
39 Steps to Frustration
Believing that it is right manly to occasionally perform automobile maintenance oneself, I endeavored yesterday to do so. What? Oh, right, must right manly about attempts to be manly. So, for various and sundry reasons, I cooked up the following plan for a really frustrating day. Day Before Tell mechanically inclined friend that you’re finally …
