WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?
Bingbing Fan. Fun to look at- fun to pronounce How do we handle the tsunami of diverse names parents are giving their children? There are consequences. George, John, and Alan: […]
KNOW THY SELF……. Inscribed in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece
A guru tells me, “To know who you are, look at what you’re doing.” It sounded reasonable, so what the heck?……What am I doing? I feel like a typical guy, […]
A LIFE PLANTING AND NO HARVESTING? THAT’S NUTS!
Photo: J. Belmont, Merriam, KS “What the hell do I do now in retirement? My power base, income, identity, colleagues and expense account all gone. I’m washed up and bored But what about an alternative view? Change the perspective. To get some inspiration revisit the dreams of your youth. You […]
CHICKEN COOP APOCALYPSE
As a kid I carried water to the chicken coop each morning in a glass gallon jug. In the winter the water was quite hot. For an eight year old, […]
ANGRY WOODWINDS SHOULD RULE
RULE? HELL, WE SHOULD TAKE OVER THE WORLD I’m pissed. The fawning public adulation bestowed on string players, the plethora of composers writing string quartets and concertos is too damn […]
SHOWING UP IS 80% OF LIFE
I feel deficient in the heroic, celebrity status my ego demands. It’s neither an enviable nor horrible sensation, but there seems to be a lack of grandiosity or even significance […]