Socrates Says

The 2nd Weekend of March

Well here we are – the second weekend in March – spring forward time. The clocks go forward one hour Saturday night – just what we all need – one less hour of sleep. Oh well. The week was a good one. The only exception was a trip in which the winds of spring interrupted […]

Friday Filosophy #2

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes – Chinese Proverb You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars – Henry Ford All dreams come true if we have the courage to pursue them

Words of Wisdom #2

I started working – an actual on a daily basis job when I was fifteen years old. Yes I did a bunch of stuff before that but I don’t count it. Sometime in those early years I took on this Sleeism #2. It has been heard by anyone who has ever worked with me or […]

Words of Wisdom #1

Over the years I have come up with a series of thoughts – either unique or in some cases I am sure repeats of someone much more sensible than I. These comments have started taking on the name of a Sleeism. Of course there is no such word and at the risk of appearing to […]

Points to Ponder v1.1

One of the advantages there is to travel is the ability to have time to read. In my cross country voyage yesterday I had a good chance to catch up on some of my late reading. One point came out that I really enjoyed. “Social Cohesion at the risk of Truth” this is a quote […]

The vagaries of travel

One of the truly remarkable things that has happened through my work life has been the availability of air travel. It is not as if airplanes were just invented and brought to the market but it is the availability of flights to almost everywhere you want to go and at a price that would once […]