Month July 2016
In my constant search for all that is good and strong and beautiful, I sometimes find things in unexpected places. I don’t usually place any hope in the tourist traps that Santa Fe puts on; but this year, I found… Continue Reading →
No one can ever say I didn’t attempt to become the educator I sought to be. As a matter of fact, my epitaph will read: “At least he tried.” Just the other day, I was stalking about a new online… Continue Reading →
Organizations often begin projects without any idea about the project’s success. But then, when a project fails, they step back and wonder what went wrong. During my career, I have led both successful and unsuccessful projects (the successful ones are… Continue Reading →
I’m taking a page out of the opensource community and am now offering Introduction to Addiction and Recovery fully online! Simply click on this link, register for the site, confirm your registration, and then enroll yourself in the course! There… Continue Reading →
The very place in which I live and work and breathe is, like many places, a town with wide extremes between its inhabitants. But even in all it shares with other places, Santa Fe is one of those joints that… Continue Reading →
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been wrestling with meaningless deadlines. Again, if there is an actual dependency associated with a deadline, or if the consequences of missing a deadline are enforced, then I think deadlines are quite useful and… Continue Reading →
A lot of interest in this topic. Thought I’d share…
Sunflowers rock. I think it’s awesome that when they’re “new” they stretch and re-position themselves to always face the sun; however, when they’re approaching their demise, they no longer do. The myth behind the sunflower is that a nymph named… Continue Reading →
Sadly, it appears that arbitrary deadlines simply will not stop plaguing me. I’m not Einstein, but if there’s no REAL limiting factor that requires a deadline to be met, then people NEED to re-evaluate those deadlines for reality’s sake. I’m… Continue Reading →
