Meandering Thoughts #14
The Guardian's article Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts caught my attention, as the UK government plans to digitize and destroy over 110m wills…
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…