Category: Miscellaneous Musings

Saturday night, after the AYMF Club canoe outing (that story is waiting for film developing to see if I have any usable illustrations), I went over to my parents’ house for dinner, along with my sister and their neighbor Monica. As we were relaxing and chatting after dinner, the still night outside was jarred by… Continue reading Hit and Run .. or Just Another Peaceful Rural Evening

Fortunately, the airport security screeners didn’t seem to think so. I didn’t receive any unusual attention, except for the sweeps with the handheld metal detectors after I triggered the walk-throughs on both trips. (Note to self: no more flying in Wranglers. Having every rivet on my jeans carefully checked out might be fun if the… Continue reading Do I Look Like a Terrorist?

The day before I fly to Philadelphia on Northwest Airlines, through their Detroit hub, I see a Wiredstory reporting that the Transportation Security Agency is suspending the CAPPS II (Continued Assaults on Personal Privacy and Sanity) system which inspired my earlier support of the Delta boycott. OK, I’ll confess, this is just a weak excuse… Continue reading Gee, I could have flown Delta!

I never have understood why anybody with a sound mind and body would want to waste them playing golf. And watching it is even more incomprehensible. Even if you really want a sport with the excitement of watching grass grow, there’s dressage, which at least has the distraction of horses, and pretty women with strong… Continue reading Golf is Good?

A (former?) friend and I recently had a disagreement about the rules for another of my favorite spring traditions, April Fool’s Day. I always believed that that the game included a certain level of sportsmanship and fair play. The point, in my opinion, was to test the alertness or gullibility of the victim, and that… Continue reading April Fool\’s Day Etiquette?

Yet another installment in our irregular series about the evils and dangers from which our campus police are diligently protecting us.

A co-worker sent me this link to an example of the dangers of alcohol. The idea isn’t new; I’ve seen variations of this theme before, but this is the most artistic rendering of the theme that I’ve seen.

For the lighter side of the blog, I received this advice on how to place prospective employees. Take the prospective employees you are trying to place and put them in a room with only a table and two chairs. Leave them alone for two hours, without any instruction. At the end of that time, go… Continue reading Job Placement Strategy

Forgive me for a temporary lapse into the personal diary mode that gives blogs a bad name. I need to vent some feelings that have been bothering me since receiving news on Friday about the recent death of a friend. Although we had drifted away from each other and had no recent contact, I still… Continue reading Goodbye, Kris, but WHY?

Snow Blower? Melts in your Mouth, not in your Hand? A creative mind could probably think up many more possible captions for this photo someone sent me of a creative snow sculpture. Unfortunately, I have no idea where this was.