Paying The Price, Weighing the Costs

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Still ticked off about the finish line at Oklahoma City. Meanwhile, a few old business items on the agenda: I uploaded the photos on the weekend’s running posts, so the revised pages are “live.”  I never know if I should more explicitly demarcate the revised pages or if it’s just sufficient to try and keep […]

That Magnificient Mope In His Flying Machine

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Is it the unexpected death of Prince? Is it knowing my brother is bummed about that and various other losses of musical giants? Is it a lingering ankle tweak? Is it the bathroom scale that taunts me every day by creeping higher not lower? Whatever the reason, I’m in a moping funk. I skipped my […]

Numbers and Ruminations

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It was only today when I googled this phrase that I realized I’ve been mis-attributing it to Will Rogers. I thought he popularized the saying, “There’s lies, damn lies, and statistics.” But google says it had been mainly propagated by a different country gentleman philosopher – Mark Twain. And even then there’s debate about where […]

Weighty Decisions

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It’s February 1st. That means next month I’m off to Antarctica. That’s crazy to think about. After literally years on the waiting list, I’m finally going to be setting out and eventually setting sail for the last continent on earth. I’m still ever so slowly gathering layers and supplies for the adventure. Just the other […]