Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
I began working for Airborne Freight as a “Methods Analyst” in 1978. My job was to find ways to improve business processes. As the new guy, I was given the job of planning the implementation of a computer system that had been designed by one of the senior analysts. The goal of the system was... Continue Reading →
Labor Day is a challenge for me. Since I shifted to a blogging schedule that includes a Monday post, and since that’s when I sometimes get all philosophical, it seems that I should address the holiday in some meaningful way. It’s hard because, here in the US, Labor Day is tightly coupled with the end-of-summer,... Continue Reading →
I wrote this post in 2012. This blog was slightly over a year old but had collected fewer views in 14 months than it usually does in one month today. I am re-posting this for three reasons. 1) I like it and I think it remains relevant. 2) Most of you didn’t see it. The... Continue Reading →
I started writing this post in my daughter’s apartment while watching a pair of male cats and the NCAA Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Faith was away, and those boys needed to be fed – they always need to be fed. Those two knuckleheads have the “oh-my-God-I-am-starrr-ving” look down to a T. I entered the apartment to... Continue Reading →
I didn’t imagine that I would be returning to the topic of rivers so soon, but family and friends and the calendar have combined to nudge my brain to the point where I can’t think of anything else to write about. First, my daughter set up a Pinterest – that’s pin-ter-est, not pinetrest or pinerest... Continue Reading →
The first time I came face to face with the strength of organized labor was in the parking lot of Small Arms Manufacturing, a machine shop that made gun barrels near Pittsburgh. The night before, I had worked my first solo shift running the drills. The daytime driller met me in the parking lot with... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the least respected holiday on our calendar – Labor Day. A federal holiday since 1894, Labor Day is better known as the last holiday of summer, the serious start of school, and a great time to buy just about anything, rather than a day to recognize workers and to let them celebrate. Why... Continue Reading →
