Team Meetings

Apparently "Tequila" isn’t a helpful response when the boss asks for ideas to improve team meetings…

Sound Advice

"How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems."
-Daniel Webster

It Must be Spring

Mostly for the US folks as Tax Day is upon us. Even so, I’m sure everyone can appreciate the sentiment.

It must be spring: the smile of the sun peeking out from a cloud, a sky of spectacular blue, your heart starts to soar like a bird on the wing then you realize… your taxes are due!

Pale Blue Dot

Given what’s going on between Russia and the Ukraine, Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” just seems more apropos than ever. I’ve watched it many times as I’m sure you have as well. It’s just worth a reviewing to help lend some perspective to the events of the day.

Who Would Have Thunk It?

And for those of you who are perhaps not the best audiophiles around:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Tom

Don’t Ever Think that Mythology is Boring

Just remember that Cerberus, the hell-bound and guard dog of the Underworld, comes from the root Indo-European word Kerberos, which evolved from the Greek word Kerberos, which got changed to Cerberus when it went from Greek to Latin.

Kerberos means "spotted."

That’s right…

Hades, Lord of the Dead, literally named his pet dog SPOT!

Sound Advice

My grandma used to tell me, "Intelligence is chasing you, but you’re faster."

I really miss her words of encouragement.

New Year’s Resolution

There’s no law that your new year’s resolutions need to be positive; you can resolve to become a lot worse. It’s really easy. Trust me on this one.

What Do You Do When Your Car’s Repair Expenses is Just Too Much?

Electric cars generally have much lower maintenance…generally speaking that is. So what do you do when that expense came to $22,800? Why you’d do the natural thing of course: blow up the car. I mean: what else could you do? Oh and, of course, you record the car’s demise then post it on YouTube.

Skip to the 5:00 min mark if you just want to see the explosion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_9aVzf5fC4

The Top Photographs for 2021

If any interest in photography, worth a few minutes of your time to look them over. The one of the black leopard is outstanding.

https://mymodernmet.com/best-photos-of-2021/