Category Archives: Random Musings

Things you have to learn for yourself

There are a lot of things in life that one has to experience for yourself. Other people can try to describe for you what it feels like or how to do it, but ultimately until you try it, perhaps fail … Continue reading

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The Concrete Jumble

My fence has been threatening to fall down, so now that the weather has decided to cooperate I’ve started to take it down, with the idea of putting up a new one. This last Saturday was supposed to be a … Continue reading

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What do they have to hide, revisited

A while back I complained about the proliferation of “Ag gag” bills across the country attempting to protect anyone in the meat production industry from whistleblowers and animal rights groups from filming what goes on in meat production facilities. Little … Continue reading

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Every day I’m shuffling

The other day my department at work held a “Mandatory Fun Day” at a local meeting facility. Before we began the fun part our boss’ boss held a brief meeting to inform us of some more changes. The department has … Continue reading

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I enjoy being a boy

I haven’t concerned myself with the whole “are boys or girls better” competition since grade school–if even then. I never got involved in the “boy fleas/girl fleas”  struggle, hosing myself down with pretend “girl flea spray” and all that. But … Continue reading

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Great expectations

Well, as of tonight we have two cub scouts in our household. We had our pack meeting, and Walter moved up to Webelos, and Richard joined the Wolf den. And since we’re the Bear den leaders, we won’t be seeing … Continue reading

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Web Wanderings: Whom Do You Hang With?

We hear a lot of talk about personal information and privacy. A great many people are concerned (rightly, in my opinion) about who has their information and what they can do with it. Other people either ignorantly or voluntarily give … Continue reading

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Remain calm and avoid subverting language

Ah, where would my life be without Internet memes? Certainly I’d have less fodder for blog posts. Last week when the prime suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were revealed there was a spate of meme pics encouraging us all to … Continue reading

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Web Wanderings: Seth Godin

I’ve known of Seth Godin for awhile, but I haven’t really sat down and explored what he has to say until this. This lengthy interview covers a broad range of topics, but all centered around the idea of work as … Continue reading

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Must I defend Justin Bieber?

Justin Bieber doesn’t need me to defend him, nor console him. But come on, people. Stop being so negative. Bieber-hating really says more about you than it does about him. It marks you as small-minded, jealous, and fearful. Chill. Believe it … Continue reading

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