by Dale | Jul 21, 2011 | Articles, Philosophy
Okay, so in an attempt to clarify (hopefully quickly) what I said in my first post and move this forward, I was going to use some trite phrase as a launching point and go from there: but life interceded and offered an even better illustration of my point about the...
by Dale | Jul 12, 2011 | Articles, ethics, Philosophy, Rand
I’m not sure when I first became conscious of the need for philosophy – or “a personal philosophy” – probably better termed as “ethics.” I remember joining the Marine Corps in college and being conscious of what...
by Dale | Jul 8, 2011 | Articles, commercials, Pedroia, sports
I’ve seen this commercial any number of times and every time I see it, I absolutely love it. It’s not just that I’m a Pedroia fan (but I do love the kid, his attitude, and the way he plays the game). And the “laser show”...
by Dale | Jul 6, 2011 | Articles, politics, populism, rhetoric
This originally started out as a post about “populism” and my disdain for the current (broken and fundamentally flawed) two-party system. As I wrote, no matter how I tried, the length of the post just kept growing and growing and growing… ...
by Dale | Jul 2, 2011 | Articles, Science
This is just funny. Well, if you have my sense of humor, I guess it is. You know how Google mail has those little links across the top of your Inbox while you’re trying to read or get rid of the Spam? I saw this headline –...