Unemployable: My Final Résumé
I feel like I’ve earned the right to say a few words on my way out the door.
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Dungeons and Dragons Alignments: A Modern Interpretation
Law and Chaos are partisan. Good and Evil are about empathy.
Read moreMy New Year’s Resolution (It Isn’t What You Think)
No more stories about how horrible a pol or billionaire is.
Read moreBlack Friday Memo: Unthankful
Most of my friends are a thousand miles away.
Read moreMy Greatest D&D Moment
“Roll,” Charlie said. “You want high numbers.”
Read moreResting Bitch Face
Let’s begin with an unhappy admission: I am not a pretty man.
Read moreThe Marshall Fire: Driving Around the Map
The Marshall fire hit close to home.
Read moreRIP Ronan MacScottie: 9/3/02-10/19/14
Earlier this morning I had my dog, Ronan, put to sleep. If you know me, and if you knew us together, then you know how I feel right now. Ronan had been sick for over a week.
Read moreMoving to Bend: some thoughts after my first week here….
I have now been a resident of Bend, OR for seven days. Riverbend Park, which is adjacent to my office. 1: My apartment is nothing special. It’s okay – not terribly new, but in decent condition. It’s 150 sq. feet bigger than my last place, which is great, and has a huge ass closet. Which is good because the storage
Read moreTime to kiss off online dating: a long-overdue farewell to Match.com
Recently I was e-mailed, via Match.com, by an attractive woman (to the extent that profile pictures can be trusted, anyway) named Kathleen. I love that name, and her profile made her sound like someone I’d be interested in talking to a bit more, so I replied. We exchanged a couple of e-mails and I was thinking that maybe I’d like
Read moreHard Times for the Pure of Heart: Is It Possible to Live Ethically in Modern Society?
I think we’d all love to live every phase of our lives in happy accord with high moral and ethical principles. We’d love it if we were never confronted by logical contradictions and cognitive dissonance, by cases where our walk was at odds with our talk. But the truth is that we live in a society that’s complex, at best,
Read moreSun moon Earth stars align: Solstice 2010
1638 was a busy year.
Read moreDoc Sammy’s Slammin’ South Shore Kauai Tai
Those who know me will attest to my taste for fine single malt and American microbrews. But my little secret is now out. I’m also a rum-lover. Always have been. And I’m a sucker for a good rum punch, especially in the summer or Hawaii. So I’ve decided to share some of my favorites with the world. Because clearly the
Read moreDaytrip
If your fairy godmother appeared and offered to send you on a trip to any place humans have ever been at any moment that has occurred in your lifetime, what moment would you choose? I posed this question to several dozen friends, colleagues, family members, and stray acquaintances. Their responses are below, and we’ll start with my own answer. I
Read moreMore on Airport Security, and a Dash of Conspiracy Theory…
In my initial rant about airline security, I pondered the civil liberties trade-offs associated with a security clearance ID card for frequent air travelers. I still haven’t decided whether I’d opt into such a program or not – it’s bad policy, as a rule, to make decisions about your basic rights based on convenience issues, I think. I’m not the
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