Meandering Thoughts #9
Another song to reconsider: how does the Jimi Hendrix cover of Hey Joe get any airplay when social movements like Me Too are raising awareness of violence against women? [I'll…
Where The Mississippi River Starts
I first met the Mississippi River in 1972 when my mom moved - with me and my two siblings from Brooklyn, NY to rural Iowa. We first arrived in Clinton,…
Probing Questions For Your Interview
I've worked for many organizations of different types during my long, perhaps not-so-illustrious professional career: software and business shops; Fortune 500 and VC-funded startups; in retail, financial, healthcare, hardware; bleeding-edge…
Random Learnings #7
In the United States, most team-based sports in high school, college, and professional have The playing of our national anthem precede the start of the match/game/whatever. With the recent influx…
Meandering Thoughts #8
Does any arm-chair marriage counselor actually believe the couple in Escape (The Piña Colada Song) will salvage their relationship simply by switching drink preference and what time they have sex?
Graph Databases and Baseball
In my opinion, stating that baseball remains America's Pastime in 2023 is a tough argument to make, as it often is as the third-most popular sport in the United States.…
My Personal United Airlines Horror Story
Context Summer 2023 finds United Airlines once again in the news for poor service, canceling thousands of flights just prior to a major holiday weekend and blaming the FAA. Their…
Meandering Thoughts #7
In the movie Big, is Susan (played by Elizabeth Perkins) technically raping a child when she (assumedly) makes love with the adult-looking-but-really-thirteen-years-old Josh (played by Tom Hanks)? Officer, really, he…
Meandering Thoughts #6
The best - and most unexpected - outcome of major league baseball's new pitch clock is the reduced time the organist has between pitches and at-bats. I've opined for years…
The Bonsais of Omiya
If your visions or memories of Japan lead to thoughts of bonsai trees, you should visit Omiya, Japan, a town specifically founded for bonsai growers. Omiya Though mentioned as if…