I have lived in the south my entire life.  I knew at a pretty early stage in life that I loved computers and all the things about computers.  There was a time when I loved art and graphic design more but I have graduated past that.  Being a geek also sometimes called a nerd, in the south is a tough thing.  More people than you might think still don’t have computers.  The ones that do have them own off the shelf crap that...

I was sick a lot last week and with nothing more to do that lay round in bed wallowing in my misery i decided to watch a movie.  I wont go into details about how i did that from the comfort of my sick bed.  Lets just say that I am a resourceful guy with a really fast Internet connection and leave it at that.    I was very much impressed.  I think of myself as a long time admirer of Gene Roddenberry and a loyal follower of all his...

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..a poem as lovely as a tree  (Joyce Kilmer) I don’t ever remember as a child being filled with too much awe at the change of seasons.  It seems that as I get older the things I glossed over in my youth make more sense to me and mean more too me now.  This morning on my way into work, my youngest son and I were marveling at the beauty of the blooming trees now that spring seems to be starting.  Caelan has an elephantine memory...

Reaching the end of a job interview, a Human Resources Person asked a young engineer who was fresh out of MIT, “What starting salary were you thinking about?” The Engineer said, “In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package.” The interviewer said, “Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund...

We have become a whining, lazy, materialistic, narcissistic, belligerent, uncouth society.  That’s really saying a lot but i believe that statement sums up the way the world has turned pretty well.  One of the easiest of these self depreciating habits to correct is materialism.   It is a very sad commentary about our lives when the value of the the things we own dictates how much others like us.  Mad Magazine summed it up with...