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Something to Look Forward to!
As you should all be aware by now (if not pay attention here), Kent Harrop and I co-write a weekly blog called “TheHereticandtheHolyman.” If you have not read it yet, please do. There will be a quiz. (As a…
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Using Apple to take a Bite out of Crime
As most of us know, (and if this is news, you should pay more attention), the Justice department sought Apple Computer’s assistance in bypassing the security encryption on an iPhone. Not just any phone, but the phone used by the…
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Tormented by Choice
All of us face choices in our lifetime. Some of these can affect a moment, a day, or a lifetime. Often, we face ridicule and torment from those who follow a different path. Does the toilet paper roll go over…
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Once Again, it is Obama’s Fault
The disaster that is the Obama Presidency has struck again. His abject failure to improve on the robust economy handed to him on a silver platter by the Bush administration has caused the loss of more jobs. Carrier Corporation,…
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Musings on the Meaning of Life
Premiering Feb 5, my friend and fellow Cumberland High School Class of 1974 graduate, Kent Harrop and I will be writing a joint blog called “The Heretic and the Holy Man.” We aim for a topic a week on Life,…
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A Conversation of Differences
It is not often that I stimulate a spark of deep thought and inspiring words in others (and truth be told I must share credit with Philosopher Bertrand Russell for the original thought.) Yet a good friend of mine, Kent…
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Lost in On-line Addiction
There are one thousand four hundred forty minutes in a day, five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes in a year. On average we spend 1/3 of that time sleeping, leaving nine hundred sixty minutes a day, three hundred…
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Going Dark: An experiment in Connectivity Emancipation
As of 00:00 January 10, 2016 until 00:00 January 17, 2016 I am conducting an experiment. No email No Facebook No Online time at all. Going Dark to fight the insanity. If anything important happens, oh well it…