This fine year 2020 is a Leap Year; it's a year when the Calendar Makers make a little adjustment. What is that adjustment, exactly? Well, for the Gregorian Calendar, anyway, they add one day to February, for 29 days instead of 28, to "re-sync" our human day tracker to the Earth's rotation, seasons, etc. I've …
Month: February 2020
From The Assembly Bench
I work for an instrument manufacturer. Specifically, I work in the supply chain group of the company. What does that mean, exactly? Well, currently it means I am one of three planners that coordinate between the buyers, the manufacturing groups (there are three), research and development, and cost accounting (along with a few other groups …
Lyrics Post: Magic Power
This song was released by the Canadian rock band, Triumph, in 1981 - I didn't hear it until maybe three years later. But when I did, it changed my life; it filled my heart; it strengthened my soul; it fortified me, and still does today, all these years later. What can I say? When a …
What Fills the Gap?
Day-to-day doings...busy busy busy. Work to do, kids to raise, chords to tend to, dreams to chase. Busy busy sure, but what fills the gap, the spaces in between? Sports is one of those things that distracts us, entertains us, inspires us. Or maybe it's reading, maybe TV, maybe prayer, maybe all of the above? …
Peak misery, and the Happiness Curve
It turns out there are ups and downs in life; no surprise, really. There's a an apex of misery that typically occurs for most people during roughly the middle of many people's lives -- say in the later forties -- and then...? Then things start to get better. This podcast won't take very long, and …
Clean Up
In my family, these people I love and live with, I clean up. Just what does that mean, “clean up”? There are at least a couple of contexts to consider... First, I tend to be the one that does a bunch of the clean-up after meals, after the day is done, after the week is …
Micro-Homily: Be the Rock
Here’s how I’d sum up the readings from Saturday. Be the rock on which all may count on. Let your faith be the cornerstone for your everyday. Know with certainty that God is with you. Let your light shine on all around you. Be humble, and be sure of the good you can do; be …
From The Roof-Top, For The Girls!
Rounding out our celebration week for our two daughters' birthdays, I stand on the roof-top with a trumpet and play it to the heavens. I play it to the heavens, this old beat-up, dented horn, it belonged to my dad a long time ago. I play it from the roof-top, celebrating and proclaiming the wonder …
Valentine’s Day Recap! Economists and Love
10 minutes of great insight. Worth it, literally. These two, quite a pair of economists, quite a lot of good insights, quite a couple! Thanks to NPR's The Indicator for bringing this one to us~ one.npr.org/i/806153805:806160131
Lyrics Post: Children of SANCHEZ
My dad introduced me to the music of Chuck Mangione when I was a kid. I recall him not being a big fan of this album; I can't recall for sure. All the same, this particular song stirs me every time I hear it. “Without dreams of hope and pride a man will die Though …
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