Colin got this ring somewhere last week. We were out as a family and he was looking at the ring for a while and then gives me the following…. “Dad. This guy…
Category: History
Presidents Who Hunt Vamps (Review)
My book club hit Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter over the last couple of months. It was a fascinating read and at times a confusing blend of history and fantasy. We read Team…
My Thanksgiving
Hope you’re enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend! Thought it would be appropriate to give a pictorial play-by-play of our Thanksgiving celebration. We had a great day. Follow along closely 🙂 First, the pilgrims…
Inflatable Slide Ethics
I was driving home from work past a mall on the 5 freeway this afternoon and saw a pumpkin patch set up with a slide that caused me to do a double…
Bearing an Albatross
Here’s another reflection in the “Leading on the Seas” series of posts here. Check the category link to “Leading on the Seas” for a listing of other posts in the series. There’s…
The Ethics of Empathy – Pt. 2 (Guest Post)
I’m hijacking a comment to yesterday’s post on the dynamics of how the U.S. delegation should enter into the victim’s sufferings in Hiroshima on the 65th anniversary of the nuclear attacks. My…
Israel, Environment, and Identity
I wanted to post today a follow-up post to my dad’s two guest posts the past few days on how culture and environment impacts and influences identity formation – for leaders and…
Leadership Intel
“I don’t want to say we’re clueless, but we are,” according to an operations officer quoted in the report. “We’re no more than fingernail deep in our understanding of the environment.””Our senior…
My Thoughts on Santa
This is going to be a rare post in which I’m not sure where I’m going to end up by the end. But this post is going to focus on Santa. It’s…