The Twelve Days of Dental Christmas

I’ve never had good teeth and I’ve even had dreams of having my teeth crumble all at once.  This last Thanksgiving I had two lower molars just crumble, one week between each.  I kid you not, all I was eating when the first one crumbled was Oatmeal. Yes, Oatmeal. The […]

AV, AI, & EIEIO

I read the news every day to contemplate the world around me and where we are headed.  Billions upon billions are being poured into AV and AI.  One article suggested that in the event of an unavoidable collision the computer will decide who lives.  This is why I am not […]

A Conversation With An AI Engine

I fully admit that my mind is warped.  It is how I deal with this utterly bizarre time I find myself in.  For it is foretold by those of higher powers, names like Musk and Hawking, that AI will destroy the world.  But I know how to defeat them.  Have […]

Besieged By Water

As a native Texan my heart goes out for all those suffering in Houston and elsewhere from the effects of hurricane Harvey.  Many years ago I gave a speech on water.  The purpose of the speech was to help people look at water from a different perspective.  There are so […]

AI vs Y2K

If you follow news like I do, you’ve probably read or heard about the dangers of AI – Artificial Intelligence.  There are dire warnings, just like there was with Y2K.  Yes many of you reading this were kids then, but it was some heavy duty stuff man.  Yea dude, computers […]

The Absurdities of Flying – Volume II

You thought I was done, didn’t you?  Well, I’ve only just begun.  But this time I wanted to add a few recommendations to make air travel more safe and enjoyable – based solely upon my astute observations of crazy people on planes.  First, bring back the hot pants of the […]

The Absurdities of Flying

I know that flying is a necessary mode of transportation if you want to see the world.  But if you really think about it, it is absurd what we have to go through.  In 1977 I worked for an airport restaurant loading alcohol and hot meals for Southwest airlines flights […]

What’s in a Trillion?

Some of you might already know that I am a CPA and financial advisor.  I try to look past political arguments and look at facts, not hype. In 2010 at an annual conference that gathered over 1,000 nerdy CPA’s into one room, we listened to David Walker, the former Comptroller […]

Lizards in Love on the Love Shack Lanai

Planet Before you begin reading this post, do your best to read it with the voice of Sir David Attenborough running through your mind.  It will make it sound intelligent and even educational, or John Cleese if you prefer absurdity. My wife and I sit on our front Lanai every […]

The Voices In Our Heads or Never Mind My Mind

  On Facebook and Twitter I follow a lot of writers hopefully to learn things and have companionship with people of like minds or lack of minds.  You see, when we write stories we place ourselves into someone else and our mind becomes their mind and our characters converse.  Our […]