Monthly Archives: January 2015

Well, this is pretty darn cool! What can’t they do with this technology? http://3dprint.com/38144/3d-printed-apartment-building/

The leadership of my church recently re-iterated a call to balance social change with religious freedom. Not unexpectedly, they met with criticism. It’s pretty much a given that you’re going to tick off someone these days, no matter what you … Continue reading →

I’m still here. It’s been a crazy week with no sign of letting up any time soon. So I give you “Starvation” by Thomas Bergersen, which evokes for me the image of rampaging hoards. And, as with most things, some … Continue reading →

Anyone who reads me regularly should probably know by now that I’m something of a luddite. I don’t trust technology, and I don’t invest heavily in it, which is a bit odd considering I make a living from IT. I … Continue reading →

Looking back, it seems like I’ve been a bit negative this week. That may have been a by-product of some heavy pressure at work. One of our team is in the Army Reserve, and is being mobilized to go to … Continue reading →

No wonder my daughter is freaking out about high school. It’s not high school itself that’s got her worried. It’s how her choices in high school will impact her ability to go to college. They started early on this school … Continue reading →

What relevance does the State of the Union Address have any more? It’s just more political theater in which everyone cheers for their guy and (mostly) resists booing the others’ guy. It’s a chance to see how good a president is … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that Disney is hard on parents. To be a Disney protagonist you have to have lost one or both of your parents, and chances if you still have one of them alive they will be clueless and … Continue reading →

Okay, we’ve become accustomed to Hollywood crowding themselves into their risk-averse corner and producing mainly remakes, reboots, and movies from popular novels. But evidently TV, which in recent years has been the only place left to go for original, risk-taking … Continue reading →

Something I read recently mentioned the movie “Gone Girl”, which I knew nothing about. So I looked it up in Wikipedia, which is a great tool for finding out the plots of movies without ever having to waste my time … Continue reading →