Smartphone: Dumbest Invention Ever!

No, this is not going to be a rant on phone usage on the road. We all know about that stupidity! How could we not? We are reminded every day. I want to take a moment to think about the Smartphone as a device. We have obviously heralded it as...

Backward

Think about a world where every new thing you bought could not be fixed when it broke, could not be upgraded, or improved in any way. Only replaced. Think of a world where you could have surgery for an issue, but were sent immediately home and left to care for...

Fairly Local

I have very diverse musical taste. There is almost no genre that I have not found at least a few songs I really like. A new band that has a few songs I really like are Twenty One Pilots. One of the songs that has not been on the radio...

Black Dog

I have alluded to the Black Dog in other post. Mostly in passing as I do not want to give it any more substance than it already has. My mother struggled with this throughout her life and I, to a lesser extent, have had it stalk me. What, you may...

Loss

I may be loosing an old friend soon. Our 13 year old Schnauzer has been at the vets now for the better part of the week with pretty serious pancreatic problems. We go today to confer with the vet on next steps. Another friend lost a beloved pet recently as...