Today I Learned

While I try to focus on technology, InfoSec, project management, and similar disciplines, I sometimes feel a need to comment on other...

While thinking about a topic for this post, I listened to a podcast I had not previously included in my online playlist (...

I found the image above when searching for a good image of fire, and it seemed just about perfect on multiple levels. Buster Keaton (...

In the late 1980’s I liked to collect “taglines” to include in my interactions with people. While these included many “pithy” statements...

I’ve heard a number of people say that they “don’t like X”, only to discover that their only exposure has been some “pop culture” version...

Stevie Wonder is one of those truly great artists whose music permeates our culture. I had never actually listened to the album “Songs...

You need to come up with something, so keep it simple. Even if it starts out with only six words, you can always add more later. ...

Everyone knows what a jerk is. And everyone knows someone who is a jerk. But why? Why are some people jerks? Or rather, why do we...

Canadians have a reputation for being nice. I’d like to think it’s well-deserved, but it’s more of a notional goal than a day-to-day...

Yesterday, I sat down to start writing a post, and realized that I couldn’t think of anything to write about. Usually, I think of...

The film Highlander ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_(film )) was enormously popular when it came out, as were several of the...

Recently, after I described the way I was approaching a project and its “ultimate goal”, a colleague laughed, and called me a dreamer. ...