Defensiveness born of ignorance, and in the darnedest places!

When you get your first “real job,” it doesn’t take you long to realize that the learning has only begun.  A degree is a good first step—and a ticket in—but there is no substitute for experience.  Depending on the field, there may be business, or technical, and/or project management skills to build.  In nearly any … Read more

Now this is food porn

Something bothers me about the term food porn:  it is much too often applied to photographs with artistic merit that depict meticulously prepared, high-quality comestibles. But since when is porn about artistic merit and high quality? If it’s food porn, shouldn’t you be simultaneously appalled and aroused by it?  Shouldn’t the sensation be along the … Read more

First week college football thoughts

After a consistently cool summer, we got one of the hottest weekends of the year on which to kick college football off.  That’s a bit jarring. Hard to complain about Alabama’s performance on defense and special teams in last night’s 35-10 win over Virginia Tech, but the offensive line play was mediocre at best.  “They” … Read more

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