Airline oversells Every airline in the world routinely oversells their flights. For those of you that have never heard of the concept, airlines sell 140 seats for a plane that holds 137. Why you may ask? Because people often don’t…

Whenever we encounter a reminder triggering a memory of an event in our past, and realize the amount of time that seems to have just evaporated since then, we often ask the question, Where did the time go? I experienced…

It is with profound sorrow that I write about another senseless termination of an unborn life. The wanton and needless destruction of this life potential makes me question the very nature of life in this universe. Why does this happen?…

Suddenly, three alert tones on the radio, “201, 202, 2S1” “Report of shots fired, Kent Farm, Gemini Drive, Black male armed with a rifle, multiple victims, respond Code 3″ “2Lincoln1” the voice of Lieutenant Charley Ackerly came over the radio.…

Our brains are wired to seek the why in everything. We are engineered by evolution to look for a cause and a reason. Absent one or the other, or both, we create them. It is one of the precursors of…

I did the unthinkable today. I (almost) lost the dogs. While they were procured by my wife and I, maintained by my wife and I, provided for by my wife and I, they belong to my daughter. I’ve written about…

Part II: Reality (an essay in three parts) The concept of Reality has troubled philosophers, scientists, and the insane since the beginning of time. What is real, actual? Can we ever be sure? Of course we can. If it is…

I watched a family walking into a restaurant the other day. No psychic ability required to see them as they were, Father, Mother, two boys maybe 8 and 10. Mom leading the way. She opens the door. The two boys…

An Essay in Three Parts Part I: Imagination I wonder what happened to the concepts of Imagination, Reality, and Responsibility. I was born into the baby boomer generation. I grew up in the age of Post-World War II prosperity, the…

As many of you know I am in the midst of publishing my first novel. It is a trying, difficult, yet exhilarating experience. That work, Collision of Faith, is in the publishing review process. Meanwhile, I am experimenting with different…