Meandering Thoughts #13
Yesterday I drove into the office for work. Though seemingly mundane, It's only the fifth day I've worked in my corporate office since my then-employer sent us home due to…
Meandering Thoughts #12
Today I am in Poznań, Poland, my first visit to this former Communist nation. I saw a lot of young adults and teens as I walked around, and wondered if…
Meandering Thoughts #11
Though I grew up on 70s rock-n-roll, I hadn't though about the Foreigner song Hot Blooded in a while. Well, I'm hot blooded Check it and see I got a…
Meandering Thoughts #10
Earlier this year I watched Trauma Zone which takes BBC stock footage and interviews to document the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the reemergence of (essentially) Imperial Russia, from…
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…
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?
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…
Meandering Thoughts #5
...though truthfully this is less meandering than an every-week frustration when doing work timesheets... My company uses WorkDay for time-tracking. I'll save my rants on time-tracking for another time. WorkDay…
Meandering Thoughts #4
I recently heard this announcement at the airport: Ms. Whomever, please return to security to pick up your left-behind item. Might it have been a right-behind item?