Hey, slow down! Wait for me!

Hey, slow down! Wait for me!

Heraclitus (500 BC) is commonly accepted as the speaker of the aphorism ‘The only constant in life is change.’ I didn’t know him personally, but he was pretty spot-on, in my humble opinion. Most notable among changes, are the unpleasant, annoying kind and close to the...
Where angels fear to tread

Where angels fear to tread

Early on in our marriage, Sue and I were visiting her parents. On one occasion, her father gave me a man’s tour of the kitchen, explaining that at their house, family was on their own for breakfast. So, cereal was to be found on the lazy Susan (?). Bread was in...
Proof positive!

Proof positive!

I remember, in math class, my non-math-oriented classmates groaning when, on a test, there were problems to be solved. That wasn’t the main trigger, though. It was the line: ‘Show all your work.’ Yep. The teacher wanted to know that the process for solving was fully...
And cake, too!

And cake, too!

It’s incredible when you think about it. An unknown team of medical researchers in an unknown lab in an unknown location work tirelessly to create a small tablet which they’ve formulated to be a 12-hour extended-release pain medication. The sufferer, who has been...
A road less traveled?

A road less traveled?

If ‘they’ are to be believed, everybody wants to be a millionaire. Lotteries are available at every corner it seems, a way of emptying pockets of ‘disposable’ income. A new, nearby casino reported over 300 million dollars in net profit in a single year, so attempts to...