A couple tidbits about me After owning a commercial handyman business for 15 years and traveling all over creation, I have seen and done countless things. I’ve also made a lot of observations — that have led to even more insights. If you combine my love of problem solving along with the observations and insights…

Real or presented, we only see and know a character. — Most of us have had the luxury of that special person who brought joy and inspiration into our lives. We got to see them in-person being larger than life other times we’ve only ever seen them on screen or stage. Then one day they’re gone. Someone once told me that…

Whatever you wanna call it, content creators are being forced to become fakes — Has anyone else noticed how excited and charged up so many of our content creators are when it comes to things they are discussing? I for one am increasingly annoyed at the phony enthusiasm they try to sell us — but it’s not their fault… I too spend a good…

If you don’t believe in climate change, your insurance company sure does — Most people in the U.S. own homes and with that ownership comes the responsibility to keep it habitable. Lenders always require a form of insurance as they have to protect the asset. Lately, climate change related weather is causing the insurers to retreat from offering coverage in certain locations. When…

How far back should we go? — As technology improves our lives, what lost skills do we need to keep? What ways of doing things are going to be around long enough to keep the effort worthwhile? Currently the most effective theft deterrent for a car is for it have a manual transmission. The ability to drive…

The biggest sign is missing — I do not write political pieces and I don’t think this is one. I like to think that I write thought provoking pieces. With that in mind, I thought I might try bring something to this latest saga in the American judicial process— and to bottom line it. …

How the global community works to create us all — I saw a meme the other day that was pointing out the fact that no one person in this world could make a number 2 pencil on their own. The main point was that it takes a global community to produce even the simplest of our tools. As a mechanical…

Well, mostly anyway — We all have our problems. Some are worse than others. As an adult, we do our best to minimize them. That’s sort of the deal. We use our experience acquired to lessen future headaches-n-such. Just remember who is actually at fault. I’ve been recently reminded of a saying I came…

How are you using your unique gift to succeed? — When I was in high school I took a few years of German. Needless to say it didn’t stick. I can only remember a fraction of a percent of it. Clearly that second language wasn’t a good fit for me. Then in my senior year, I took another language. …