August 18, 2021
There are plenty of times that I’ve forgotten things. We all do that. I’ve even forgotten some pretty important things. I’m not alone in that, of course. Everyone reading this fits into that category. It’s...
August 17, 2021
If you want some amusing reading, try an internet search for “things you should not touch” and prepare to laugh a good bit. You’ll see all the be-a-nice-visitor pages about never touching your host’s refrigerator,...
August 16, 2021
Special Forces operators have unique requirements in terms of both protection and provision. My role in the US Marines involved tactical connections to Marine Force Recon units (the USMC’s special operations force), since I was...
August 15, 2021
I recently read an article about how to properly light an Electronic Dance Music (or EDM) event like a rave. Light is a major part of the experience in those events. First of all, you’ve...
August 14, 2021
Some of the things that people call “fun” are pretty strange. Did you know that “Duck Herding” is popular in the UK? I’ve even seen an article that described it as a “competitive sport.” It...
August 13, 2021
I’ve heard that the only sure things in life are death and taxes. Well, I cannot argue that both death and taxes are certainties. Governments are always going to be taxing their people. The level...
August 12, 2021
Leadership — whether in a family, a church or a business — is truly about love. One cannot lead well unless one can truly love well. Despots and tyrants may be in charge, but that...
August 11, 2021
Nobody likes pollution; not of any sort. We prefer clean and fresh. New and unused. In fact, there are some situations where we automatically assume that what we buy or use is pure and clean. ...
August 10, 2021
Queen (the British rock band of the 1970’s, not the British monarch) asked the question, “Who wants to live forever?” There’s a few things they got right, too. In their song they sang that, “This...
August 9, 2021
Whenever someone has told me that something that is about to happen is for my own good, it hasn’t often SEEMED to be good. Spankings I received from my parents as a child come to...
