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Gendering Those Reindeer Names

Today’s question: of what gender, or mix of genders, are Santa’s reindeer?

Talking Head – Tips For Confident Public Speaking

Oral reports in school were so much fun. The anxiety, sweats, shaking, fear, and stomach knots were constant companions. Now…I can stand in front of groups of people large and small with there being essentially no difference than if I was talking to you across a diner table. Here’s what I learned.

Finding Secular and Non-secular Truth

Since I was a teenager, I’ve been on a search trying to understand faith. After much reading, listening, debating, contemplation, and so forth, I had an epiphany. Suddenly the niggling confusions became non-confusions. The core of just about everything came together.

A Few 2008 Post-election Thoughts

Now that our long national election is (mostly) decided, a few thoughts in the wake of election-night emotion.

Tears and Pride For America

I’m not a big Obama supporter. I haven’t been from the start. But tonight, when the country spoke with a loud voice that they not only wanted change, but they wanted a black man to lead them…I’m not ashamed to tell you that tears streamed down my face.

Track Election Night 2008 With This Electoral Cartogram

One of the curiosities of American elections is that when they color in the map on election night as to who won what state, it really doesn’t tell us anything. The trouble comes from the ironic reality that most of our largest states in area are actually among

Fixing America’s Health-care System

The time has come with health care reform to take a step back, look at the expectations and how we can use what is already in place to get us to our goals, and then get all “mavericky” and get the job done right. It might hurt for an instant, just a little pinch, but we’ll be happy we did it years down the road.

Let’s Standardize on a Reliable Voting Method

There is still quite the pastiche of voting methods around the country…even within states. Clearly the situation is ripe for some misbehavin’. I’d like to think that if there were a national voting machine standard, then it would be easier to manage and verify elections. It’s time that America gets its electoral house in order, if only because

IGSC – Some Random Snippets

I’m announcing, today the rebirth of “IGSC” and also “moo” as useful ‘net idioms. Like a phoenix from the ashes, these words now are again flying free!

Some of What’s Racing Through My Mind

Race continues to be a factor in the American fabric. Is it as big of an issue as it used to be, or is time changing the pattern of society’s quit. I’ve had an interesting vantage point in the debate,

Updating New Mexico’s State Motto

Quick, what’s New Mexico’s state motto? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Most of the states have these antiquated mottos that no longer resonate with what the state has become. It’s time for a change in the Land of Enchantment to a motto for today, a motto that

Paris, Our Next Great Fake President?

Paris Hilton has struck again with another fake-political ad to promote her fake-run to the White House. This time, she consults with one of the great fake-presidents of all time, Martin Sheen, in an issue-laden kitchen consult.

A Modest Proposal For Saving Most of Earth’s Threatened Species

Sometimes you must remove a finger to save a hand, or a hand to save an arm, and so forth. But what if the finger is us?

My Voting in the 2008 Presidential Race

Like most Americans, I’ve been faced with a tough choice of McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden. While the names are all nice and short, the fact of the matter is that both tickets give me pause. Who will I vote for?

A Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel

Time travel can be a very confusing aspect of many stories told on TV, movies, or in print. Paradoxes confound and befuddle. This article might help to explain some of it, or it might just make the confusion worse. Hopefully, it is more of the former.

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Musings, Page 6

Gendering Those Reindeer Names

Talking Head – Tips For Confident Public Speaking

Finding Secular and Non-secular Truth

A Few 2008 Post-election Thoughts

Tears and Pride For America

Track Election Night 2008 With This Electoral Cartogram

Fixing America’s Health-care System

Let’s Standardize on a Reliable Voting Method

IGSC – Some Random Snippets

Some of What’s Racing Through My Mind

Updating New Mexico’s State Motto

Paris, Our Next Great Fake President?

A Modest Proposal For Saving Most of Earth’s Threatened Species

My Voting in the 2008 Presidential Race

A Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel

Patience – My Most Valuable Asset

Memory Up-welling Sparked By the Gilmore Girls

Making Political Conventions Relevant Again