If you know me, you know that I think there are very few organizations that take itself more seriously than it should besides Academia. One may have to write poorly for the interest of academic integrity by referring to oneself in the third person. Or perhaps, the successful writer will engage in obtuse and obfuscation. A while ago, a friend shared this cartoon with me and I thought it was nearly perfect. 🙂
Train them to be gentlemen and not label such as misogyny. It’s not, it’s being classy, romantic, and civil. And yes, part of that means we can say: “Man up!” and not be accused of meaning “UFC fighting, beer guzzling, BBQ dripping from mouth barbarian.”
In honor of my fifteen year anniversary today here are fifteen things that I think I've learned over the last fifteen years: Marriage is the greatest thing I have ever done. My life is incredibly enriched because of my marriage. I am a different and better man because of my marriage. Marriage is the hardest…
I was going to write about e-readers today. Then I opened my school email and received back from my professor a paper that I had recently submitted. There was a friendly reminder from my professor to avoid plagiarism. Sound awful doesn't it? What did I do? Did I copy someone else's work and pass it…
Most of us are not so wise. Fearing the pain involved, almost all of us, to a greater or lesser degree, attempt to avoid problems. We procrastinate, hoping that they will go away. We ignore them, forget them, pretend they do not exist. We even take drugs to assist us in ignoring them, so that…
Nordstrom Rules: Rule #1: Use best judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules. via 37signals.com I found this by accident. I find it very interesting on a lot of levels. And yes, this is my signal that I am back to blogging. I will try to put out two posts a…
I have random memories from first days of school. I suppose that’s true for many people. One positive one is cutting grass the night before. Back then, ABC or some such station had Monday Night Baseball and I wanted to watch the Dodgers play with my mom. She loved Tommy Lasorda, him being Italian sealed…
