They say that art imitates life, but the reverse is also true. On September 11th, 2001 I was in Seattle. The south tower had just collapsed when I turned on the TV in the hotel room. As I watched the video of the planes crashing into the towers, I immediately
In the early 90’s I was working at the South Florida branch of a large telecommunications company. One day, the HR people were seen walking around looking at everyone’s offices and cubes and taking notes. When they reached the cube of a good friend of mine, they pointed to a
Man, oh man! There are so many thing to talk about with this whole Goodyear thing that I could easily write a hundred pages. Instead, I’m going to unpack it a bit and spread it across several days. Here’s the first: In case you missed it (though it’s hard to
Legend has it that the Cyclops originally had two eyes. It traded one of its eyes to be able to see the future. So, the Cyclops gained the ability to see the future, but the future it was allowed to see was the day of its death. We’re a little
I predict that defunding police departments will mean an increase in local taxes. Allow me to explain why. As you know, “peaceful protesters” have thoroughly destroyed portions of several U.S. cities with a cry to “defund the police”. Instead of growing a pair and handling the problem, some cities have
Until today, I believed that George Floyd was killed by a racist cop. I saw a video out of context and, like everyone else, bought the narrative that a racist cop killed him. Shame on me. Today, I watched the body cam videos that paint an entirely different story. The
I saw a video last week where a black man was in tears because he had to have “the talk” with his son about how not to get killed by the police just because he’s black. The man then said that no white man would ever need to have that
Because I’m a curious guy, and happen to have extra time right now, I decided to look into the numbers behind the issue of police violence. The BLM movement says the problem with cops killing black people is really bad and I wanted to see just how bad it is.
I believe in personal accountability. If something happens to me, good or bad, it is the direct result of a decision that I made. While some things might appear to be out of my control, if I look back far enough, I’ll find a point where I made a decision