Don’t Trust the Experts

Daniel O’Rourke
01/08/10

Beware the experts. They know everything about their field of expertise, but that very specialization restricts their vision and wisdom. Their knowledge is exceptional and in one specialized area remarkable, but paradoxically that erudition narrows their view. The experts see things clearly ( Read more... )

Greed Is Killing Us

Daniel O’Rourke
6/24/10

Gordon Gekko is a fictional character in Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street. In that film Michael Douglas won an Oscar for the role, in which Gekko notoriously proclaimed the Wall Street mantra, “Greed is good.” The Gekko character is loosely based on the market manipulator Ivan Boesky and the (in)famous ( Read more... )

It was Fathers’ Day weekend, and as the kids get older, it seems to get better.

Saturday night was dinner out with Understanding Spouse and the older kids (the younger ones had an evening play-date (with movie!) with some friends from daycare), at one of the mid-level italian restaurants in Campbell. Once Older Boychild was out the door (with ( Read more... )

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/jesus-statue-destroyed-by-fire-762245.html

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There are six (6) "Heywood Jablowme"'s on LinkedIn.

It's apparently a  more common name than I expected.

[Edited to Add:]
...And they're all apparently out of my Network.

( Dead Catholic Bishops don't have wives or children who care -- so, yeah; go ahead and laugh all you want. )

Since my previous post was about Jelly Belly jellybeans, I've heard from people  who like the black 'licorice' flavored ones.

Licorice is a relatively common candy, so there's obviously a segment of the population that likes the flavor.  But just *who* are those people?  I'm not one of them.

It's not like, say, horehound, where I simply don't care ( Read more... )

Are you an SBNR?

By Daniel O’Rourke
05/27/10

Are you Spiritual But Not Religious - an SBNR? Many would describe themselves that way. Spirituality is fashionable today and religion unfashionable. Part of the problem is that the word religion carries tons of dogmatic, authoritarian baggage, but whatever the reasons the relationship of religion and ( Read more... )

OK, so thanks for the e-mail questions.  You know who you are.
( Now with more bouncing )

E-mail.

( Apparently I take my e-mail seriously. )