Monthly Archives: May 2016

When your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail; to Trump, everything is a negotiation. An election is nothing more than a protracted negotiation with various interest groups (“the blacks”, “the Hispanics”, “the evangelicals”, etc.), not a competition … Continue reading →

Part 2 in a series of homework reading assignments for my LAGCOE mentee. Part 1 is here. Lesson 3 – Be careful what you don’t ask for. I learned one thing about computers in college: I hated them. An assignment … Continue reading →

For the next couple of years I’ll be giving advice as a LAGCOE mentor, so I’m using this blog to collect career-advice ideas as they come to me. I am lucky to be unencumbered by a corporate HR department and am free to … Continue reading →

My favorite ice cream store started a contest to eliminate flavors one by one. By November, one flavor will be declared the “winner”, and that’s the only flavor we’ll have for four years. My favorite freezer is on the right-hand … Continue reading →

In 1980, for his 55th birthday, my Dad asked for (and received) a truckload of composted cowsh*t. You think my Mom wasn’t a loving wife? Dad had a passion for organic gardening. Also for beekeeping, primitive archery, and fruit trees. He … Continue reading →