We’ll always have Paris…

I had something else on my mind this week, but terrorism rears its ugly head and I feel compelled to recount a conversation I had not two weeks ago. I was in Boston, Massachusetts, for work and found myself in a nice hotel restaurant talking with a rather educated...

On cowardice, courage, and self-reliance

I was (yet again) dragging my stuff through the airport – and the whole TSA line-management exercise. I couldn’t help but be a bit disenchanted. I don’t particularly hate the TSA…okay, actually, that’s not true. I kinda do because of...

A quick hitter

I’m under the gun and the current piece I’m working on is kinda long and needs some cleaning up – and I’ve got a 4 am wakeup for an early flight – so I thought I would let some pictures do my talking for me this week. As it turns out,...

On starting the back half and warming the Earth…

I turned forty-six yesterday. Not a terribly momentous birthday, normally. None of mine are. I haven’t thought much about celebrating a birthday since I turned twenty-one.On this occasion, I was in Whitefish, Montana, a byproduct of the CrossFit Risk Retention...