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……
Category: Personal
Thoughts, events and news about me. Probably the least-used category, hopefully.
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……
Credibility is Important
Credibilty is like trust: hard to build easy to lose. And as with many things like this, some people care and some don’t. But their lives would be better if they did.
We Are Doomed
I had to deliberate about whether to make the very first post of 2022 a positive or negative theme. I usually can go either way. I don’t mean I’m a negative person. I mean the message of the post. I have a backlog of posts I need to edit and post from 2021, including my……
My 2021 Epilogue
2021 is going down as a serious contender for “Worst Year Ever.” Not because of all the many, many bad things that have gone wrong lately. Both personally and as an American. Inflation is now sky-high thanks to incompetent tinkering with the great economy we just had under Trump. Love him or hate him, he……
Kitchen Supply Reviews
I’m having to replace all my kitchen things and why is a long story I’d rather forget. But I spent decades collecting and assembling the perfect tools for me and my cooking methods. All are gone. Even the awesome iron cookware rack that hung from the ceiling…gone. These racks are great if you have a……
Learn to Distinguish Between What You Can Control & What You Cannot
I’ve had a short line of people remark to me throughout my life, especially recently with so much turbulence and disruption coming my way from an ex-family member, ask me why I don’t react how they seem to believe I should, given the circumstances or event(s) that come my way. They expect me to flip……
Preparation
Preparation is responsible for as much as 99% of the success of any given project or endeavor. That’s true. Ask anyone at the top of their game in any field or business, or sport, art, or anything, and the key to getting to the very top is PREPARATION. That’s why college prep schools, which are……