Posted in The Meditations on Sep 23rd, 2007 4 Comments »
I’m going to my 20-year high school reunion in two weeks. I am neither fat nor bald, so I guess Time has been gentle with me. I’ll be interested to see how she treated the rest of Jefferson High School’s class of 1987.
Like many people of my ilk, I was not popular in [...]
Posted in The Meditations on Sep 19th, 2007 No Comments »
On the last post, Amanda wrote a comment that said basically, “You, with all your numbers, are missing the point. People don’t change for numbers.” She is, of course, right.
This is a terrible puzzle for me. My first hypothesis is that numbers don’t hold the power that narratives do. One good story [...]
Posted in The Meditations on Sep 9th, 2007 3 Comments »
One of the recurring themes of this blog is “Don’t worry about that stuff.” Usually because that stuff is unlikely, unavoidable, or just not that bad. When I start to rant about these things, someone always says, “Better safe than sorry!”
This is not true. Sometimes when you steer around something harmless, you drive into [...]
Posted in The Meditations on Sep 2nd, 2007 2 Comments »
“Here are the the rules of the game: The player with the most points wins. You get a point each time you kick me in the shins. Ready, set, go….Ouch! You just kicked me in the shins, you little shit. I’m going home; don’t call me.”
With his resignation, there has been a lot of [...]