Don’t just fly whichever way the wind’s blowing or everyone else is heading. Chart your course based on your own personal reasons. That’s why SubStack will be the beginning of something big.
Category: Personal
Thoughts, events and news about me. Probably the least-used category, hopefully.
The Off-Ramp
Don’t just fly whichever way the wind’s blowing or everyone else is heading. Chart your course based on your own personal reasons. That’s why SubStack will be the beginning of something big.
You’re Getting Bamboozled at The Grocery Store
Madame Marie Callander’s walking off with 175+ calories! What!? See if my math’s right. Unlike most people, I read what I consume, and believe it to be somewhat accurate, even if misleading and politically based since everything now is. Your milk? Your milk or tuna? Think it comes from a farmer sitting on a stool……
The Lady Doth Protest too Much, Methinks
When someone says they aren’t something, and you never asked, BEWARE!
Learn how to get Things Done
The title of this lesson is larger than stated. Easy to say, I know. but it takes a diligent mindset to figure out who makes the decisions, who doesn’t who acts like they do but don’t (way more of these than ever needed) and connect all the dots so you can see the chain of……
Make Sure to Always Read the Manual and Instructions. Twice. Or More.
Good design affords us an ability to ignore instructions, sometimes, but do it at your own peril and expense. I recommend not just reading them but learning them. And save those manuals!
Something Remarkable I Found Today
I still have my childhood desk. It’s an object I’ve hauled all over God’s green Earth with me over all these years. I grabbed it from my boyhood home my sophomore year at the University of South Carolina. Go Cocks! (Despite there still being a UNC Tarheel sticker on the desk from 1982 when Michael……
Don’t Ever Second-Guess Yourself
Stick to your guns! Stay your ground! Your first choice is usually the right one. (Except when it isn’t.)
The Formation of the U.S. Department of Education Ruined America
I argue things have gotten worse since the formation of the Department of Education in 1979. Because it has. This is how.
My High-Fructose Corn Syrup Theory
I’ve had people actually laugh at this one so I thought I’d present it first. Laughable? We’ll see. A quick disclaimer, to hopefully lend some credibility: I am in no way a dietician. But this doesn’t require me to be. I know what I know and know what I see, and I’m systematic and dogmatic……