Journalism as a Conversation

My neighbor and friend, Dr. Doreen Marchionni, has a Doctorate in Journalism and wrote her dissertation on Journalism as a Conversation. Interesting subject.

As I have grown older I find that I take what journalists say with skepticism, since so much of what they seem to say nowadays is laced with personal opinion. However, Dr. Doreen has . . . → Read More: Journalism as a Conversation

Cleaner than New

Is your vehicle dirty? Did your kids spill something in the backseat that you can’t clean the stain from? Is there a funky smell inside? Don’t feel like cleaning it yourself?

If you live in the Tacoma area I know a couple of guys who do a fantastic detailing job at the best price. Check out 2 . . . → Read More: Cleaner than New

Words, Words, Words

Debbie and I vacationed in Oregon last week. We have been to Ashland, and attended plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the past, and decided that sounded like fun to do again. We also enjoy wine tasting, so we spent a day in the Dundee Hills area of the Willamette Valley. And then a couple . . . → Read More: Words, Words, Words

First Solo Bowl

I took a turning class in the spring of 2009 and turned a nice bowl out of redwood burl. It was a small class, four students and two instructors. Very good experience. However, my results at home were not so good. So I continued to work on segmented pens.

My woodturning club, the South Puget Sound Woodturners, . . . → Read More: First Solo Bowl

It’s Not That You’re Wrong, I Just Don’t Believe You

I was reading a blog post at work by an Engineering Manger who was writing about an article in Wired magazine. The title is Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up. The premise of the story is when we don’t believe the results of some of some action, it may be that the results were accurate, . . . → Read More: It’s Not That You’re Wrong, I Just Don’t Believe You

Daily Dilbert

Christian Jokes

Christian Lion
A Baptist missionary was walking in Africa when he heard the ominous padding of a lion behind him. "Oh Lord," prayed the missionary, "Grant in Thy goodness that the lion walking behind me is a good Christian lion." And then, in the silence that followed, the missionary heard the lion praying too: "Oh Lord," he prayed, "I thank Thee for the food which I am about to receive."
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