At the age of three, my brother was outside one afternoon building a sandcastle and fielding bids from developers to subdivide it into condos. In the midst of this flurry of activity, he spied the family cat, Sam, from the corner of his eye and noticed that the Siamese was in need of cleaning. (How […]

Human history is full of examples of people doing something a certain way for hundreds of years, and someone comes along and basically says, “That doesn’t make any sense,” and then showing the world how it really should be done. With the Olympics on everyone’s mind right now, one especially poignant example is the high […]

After having a flat tire repaired recently, I opened my car door to find a largish sheet of paper set over the floor mat of the driver’s side. At first blush, one would think that this is their way of saying, “Hey, we realize we’re pretty messy – it’s sort of your car’s fault – […]

Before you read the following, I need to make it known that I have nothing against home appraisers. Many are fine, upstanding members of the community who uphold the Constitution of the United States, and many help elderly people safely cross busy intersections. Are we good? Okay. There’s a recent trend out there in the […]

I am certainly not the smartest person in the room. On occasion, I am the smart aleck in the room, but that’s a whole other topic. At any rate, in my time here on this planet I have come to learn a number of things that help me to know that the world is in […]