Earning Trust

Some times you have those defining moments where something suddenly makes sense.  This can be something as complex as looking at an equation for years and not knowing how to complete it and then, one day and out of the blue, you look at it and it makes perfect sense.  Or something as simple as … Read more

My Bread Machine and me.

You know.  When the automatic bread makers first came out, I was one of their biggest opponents. “You’ll never catch me using one of those infernal beasts”, you would hear me say, as I donned my white fedora and strode out of the room with my dignity firmly in hand. Ok…  so the imagery is … Read more

The Eeyore Complex…

I am the Samurai, and I have an Eyore complex. They tell us from an early age that admitting you have a problem is half the cure.  Well…  there you go.  I have an Eyore complex. For those of you who might not understand, I strongly suggest that you rent any of the Winnie the … Read more

Could we do it again?

I was watching a program on the History Channel the other day that talked about how, during World War II, we were able to construct the Alcan in eight months, versus the projected two years that the Army Corp of Engineers had originally planned for.  So I started thinking; Could we accomplish this kind of … Read more

Kicking the can.

What is our fascination with kicking things? I was watching a program the other day and I watched as one of the characters went out of his way to kick a can that was in the road.  When I saw this, I felt myself kind of chuckle at it and think that what he did … Read more

Seeking purpose

Do you have purpose in your life? I am not asking this from a religious point of view, though I am also not ruling that out as a possible answer.  Nor am I playing on that old Steve Martin joke, asking you about your “Special Purpose” and what you use it for. When you look … Read more

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