Thoughts and references to whatever happens to strike me as interesting.
Who knew I would be brought to my ethical knees by a bag of potatoes? It is true though, a measly sack of spuds prompted me to disregard my moral compass. I have always thought I had a pretty good sense of right and wrong, never taking what wasn’t mine, never cheating anyone, never knowingly doing harm. I’m not perfect mind you; we all do things that aren’t quite right based on some religious or […]
Below is an e-mail I sent to my brothers and a few friends who from time to time have been subjected to my own brand of humor. It went out on election day-as a release from the …well you read it. You may also want to read the post “No Way” to IO-way, it was my first election rant of a few years back. Written November 5 and 6, 2012 Brothers and all, Well, here we are, […]
I want Watson. You may know Watson, it is the super fast speed reading, odds setting, wiz of a computer that can understand complex questions and provide answers graded according to their probability of being correct, in mere seconds. Just ask the world champions at Jeopardy, they know all about Watson. As a health care consumer, I don’t care about answers to Jeopardy question, I want the information that IBM’s Watson can provide about rare […]
It was John Adams who was most vehemently encouraged America to continue to celebrate its birth. Here is what he wrote to his wife Abigail; “The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to […]
I am from Iowa so I can say this. Thank God their caucus’ are over tonight. The average Iowan has been subjected to more pounds of hot air per person than anywhere else in the United States. It is a wonder there is any air left in Iowa. And the rest of us have been forced into being witnesses to the prolific misuse of hot hot air. Regular folks in Iowa can’t even eat their lunch […]
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