So, we’re not going to mention the fact that when I was hired by my contracting agency last summer to work at Thrivent that I was given a choice of two very different dental plans, and that I thought I made the right choice in my choosing between said plans. We also won’t remark about […]
Miscellaneous
A simple petty burglary, and with that, a president is disgraced
I was only thirteen yrs old in 1972. Something stupid and crazy happened in June of that year. It happened so silently it was only a blip on the radar, and probably only a couple of the local newspapers carried the story: a local hotel and office complex had been broken into by a few […]
Lailah, xmas presents and Mouse Trap Game
One present of the several I bought for Lailah this Christmas that i didn’t wrap (since I obviously had bought too many), was Mouse Trap. I set it up today (for the next time she’s over baby sitting me), and while it seemed similar to what I grew up with, it was different. So, I […]
Trump and nuclear weapons
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, when asked to clarify his recent comments about expanding U.S. nuclear weapons capability, said “Let it be an arms race!”, and that the United States would win it (as reported on Friday by MSNBC). According to one source, there were a total of ~70,000 nuclear weapons world wide in the mid […]
The Big guy and his blue eyes
A month ago – for all his life (since fifth grade). The big guy stares into the mirror. All he sees is a face with glasses. He’s able to remove the glasses, of course, but then has to stick his face three inches from the mirror in order to see his face clearly, and, of […]
