Lefty’s Wild Goose Chase
2014-12-30 – Lefty was born to chase geese. We didn’t do him any favor by plucking him from his litter in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where his pack mates made a […]
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Wildcards in the Economy
2014-12-28 – Economists say that 20 percent of all gifts are unwanted. I don’t know where I got that statistic. I vaguely remember reading something. But since there is really […]
Don’t Forget About Sunk Costs
2014-25-2014 – Okay. It was a bad year. Lost job. Illness and death in the family. Last kid is off to college and we’re alone. Friend dies. New job is […]
My Expert Review of “The Interview” – One Star
2014-12-23 – I haven’t written may movie reviews for the simple, but apparently misguided reason that I don’t see many movies. I now realize that shouldn’t stop me. In the […]
Taking the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain
2014-12-21 – At a little after five this afternoon, we reach the Winter Solstice. At a little after five this afternoon, the sun will be down for 45 minutes or […]
Do Clothes Make the Man?
2014-12-18 – I read an account recently about a nudist colony. Do they call them colonies? Seems awfully colonial to me. I wish I could give you a link. It […]
Affirmative Action Argument Averted
2014-12-16 – A few days ago, I narrowly escaped an argument on affirmative action in education. It was a close call. The truth is, I wasn’t really prepared for that […]
In Every Generation—We Make History . . . Or We Don’t
2014-12-14 – My young friend Donna apparently attended a demonstration yesterday and was harangued by a member of my generation about how young people these days don’t know how to […]
Committee to End Pay Toilets In America—A Lens on the ‘60s?
2014-12-11 – I’ve written about the Committee to End Pay Toilets In America (CEPTIA) before (see links at the end). It was a “political” organization that my friends and I […]
Marriage and My Credit Cards
2014-12-09 – If you’ve never been married you might not know a peculiar fact about joint credit cards. When you sign up for one of these deals, your spouse can […]
