Sixteen Tons

  • IRRITATION

    Frustrated by a minor situation with a project I’m doing at school.  This guy could give lessons in how not to do things.  Lesson 1 – do not assign something to a middle…

  • My Sons’ Hometown

    Take a United States map.  Place your index finger at the tip of Florida, and then, moving northerly and to the west, trace the Gulf-side border of the state.  You’ll trail your pointer…

  • Trajectory

    Do you ever feel like you’ve been gently, insistently redirected?  Herded.  Shepherded.  There is a distinction, but in either case, direction from an outside source is implicit.  A sheep-i-ness is implied.  I have…

  • Cause for Pause

    Our bowling work party is this weekend.  First of all, more than half of the people who voted to go to this place are not coming.  That means that more than half of…