Musings

I recently stopped by a friend’s office to see him. He was dog-sitting for his daughter, and Bo was hanging out in the office for the day. Bo had a rubber ball, and he really wanted to play fetch. There was a problem, though. Bo didn’t want to let go of the ball. He would…

I got to see the Killers in concert this past weekend with three of my sons. It was a great show, and it was great spending time with my sons. We drove to Ft. Worth, and I was thinking about the trips we took when they were younger and they would be impatient for us…

Carrots don’t improve your vision; toads don’t give you warts; you use more than 10% of your brain (all of it actually); coffee won’t stunt your growth; and cracking your knuckles won’t cause arthritis. It is amazing how many things we easily believe that are not true. In fact, the less we know about something,…

There was once a man who was traveling when he was attacked and beaten to the point where he might have died. Two different people came by, but neither helped, one possibly out of fear and one perhaps out of selfishness. Then a stranger happened by and had compassion and helped the man until he…

I noticed her face was wet, and water was running down onto her leopard print shirt when the little girl that lives across the street came running over to my driveway. When she saw I was outside, she asked her mother and then carefully looked both ways before crossing the street. Once safely in my…

I may be an overthinker. Anyone reading this who knows me just laughed out loud. I like to do graphic design. I was recently working on a brand design for a group, and I found myself making tiny, almost imperceptible changes as I “cleaned up” the design. In fact, I have actually sent people a…

A sound wave is the pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium. Humans can perceive “waves” of energy between 20Hz and 20,000Hz as audible sound. However, we use the term “hear” to signify much more than auditory perception. This past Thursday and Friday, I was blessed to attend the 2022 Global Leadership…