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cultural failure Archive

Returning to Durability

Durability |ˌd(y)o͝orəˈbilitē| noun the ability to withstand wear, pressure, or damage. Two years ago, I read One Square Inch of Silence by George Hempton. I wrote a rather critical reaction to the book on this blog. One of Hempton’s arguments is that we no longer hear our footsteps when we walk, and he attributes this [...]

Narrow Thinking – Poisonous Thinking

Live and let live. So many problems in our world stem out of mindsets that bread breed hostility. Mindsets that require all others to conform to our way of thinking or system of beliefs. Narrow thinking. Narrow thinking does not allow for the possibility of different explanations. Narrow thinking requires that there is only one answer and [...]

Call me a Curmudgeon – An argument against the Tip Jar

Call me a Curmudgeon.  Go ahead, get it out of your system, cause you’re probably going to disagree with me on this post. The “Tip Jar” has gotten way out of hand.  Everywhere I go, there seems to be a tip jar on the counter.  From Starbucks, to the local pizza joint, to the freakin coffee [...]

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Last night at 8:09 PM Eastern, I tweeted: making applesauce from old apples, mentally transitioning into a week at the office This morning at 2:44 AM Eastern, Motts began following me on twitter.  I’m fairly certain that nobody at Motts is actually reading my tweets.  I’m also fairly certain that no person at Motts is [...]