Well, another school year is just about upon us. I graduated with the class of '69 and soon we'll be celebrating our 55th (Egad) class reunion. Ah, the days before the technological outburst that we see today. We actually used #2 pencils, real lined paper, black (not white) boards and it ...
I read a story about a woman named Elaine, who sent in a complaint that an inattentive waitress served her overcooked and burnt food. Emphatically, Elaine stated that she was never going back there again. Shortly thereafter, Elaine got a response back which read: “This is an auto repair ...
My dad goes to power shows, and one of his absolute favorite parts is the ropemakers. My father could watch a rope being made for hours. And once, when I was but a boy, my father got it in his head that he too could make a rope. This is that story. I don't remember my father making the ...
I will always take a late night adventure over an early morning exploration. This expands in all aspects of my life, from running to writing, I’m up late. For so much of my life it was frowned upon to be a night owl, especially in school, don’t get me started on that. Being a member of ...
This is Week 4 of a 6-part series. I am writing about what I’ve learned so far as a STC school board member. This week I am talking about our district's budget and finance. I feel one of the biggest roles of the board is viewing and passing a certified budget. It is due to the state ...
On May 22, I got done with my first full year of college. I was happy, excited, and looking forward to a fruitful summer. Sitting here in mid to late July I’m realizing my time is drying up. I feel like I’ve done so much yet so little. That’s a cliché I feel like anybody older than me ...
This is week #3 of a 6-week series. Our STC school district update this week is about day-to-day operations. There are a lot of moving parts to this week that all happen in unison. Here is a short list of this weeks topics. Transportation, lunch program, and personnel. Other key day-to-day ...
It is extremely apparent that one of the things that I inherited from my parents is the predilection to go in waves of things. Today I'm all about this over here, and next week I'm all about that over there, it comes, it goes, it happens. So, about a month or two ago late at night, half ...
Phishing scams have become really sneaky these days. They're these cyber attacks that try to trick people into giving away their personal info like passwords, credit card numbers, or even their social security numbers. The scammers use all sorts of tricks to pull off these scams. They pretend ...
Looking back over time, it becomes apparent that two man-made and inherently perverse Euro-American systems have long worked together to dominate and maintain control over populations. The first, Christianity, a spiritual belief system originally designed by males to keep power at the top one ...