Background Check
Way back in 2013, when the economy was really being stupid, I took the leap of faith that taking a...
Tesla Turo Trip
I decided I wanted to try two things for my birthday vacation: Renting a car from Turo.com Driving a Tesla...
What is that pain in my chest?
A few weeks back, I was walking to the store. It’s a short walk (about 3/4 of a mile) with...
Unintended Consequences
I’m always fascinated by unintended consequences, especially when they are an artifact of trying to do something right. In moving...
Just Git’R’Done on Gun Control
When I was in third grade, we lived in Fairbanks Alaska, and I wanted to be a grown up. Because...
Waves of Grief …
I was reminded today of the peculiarly clever way that grief occurs over time. I was watching a documentary on...
Martin Luther King Day – I Have a Dream
Today is Martin Luther King Day. One day before the biggest inauguration since George Washington, and only 46 years since...
Flying Higher (power)
When I was a little boy, I used to love to fly those balsa wood airplanes.You know, the ones that...
They don’t shoot Eagles do They ?
When I was a boy, we lived in south eastern Alaska in the small chain of islands north of Ketchikan,...
A nod to my Dad …
My dad was a newspaper reporter and editor, and for a time in my youth (and his too, I suppose),...