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People don't use pay phones so much anymore.Above you see a picture I took a few days ago of a pay phone in Houston.Over time and as technology changes, we use different methods to communicate.That's okay. The only thing that matters is that we communicate our values and our care for one another as best as we are able.This is something we all can do regardless of the specifics of how we communicate.It is just...

I wish  the various television networks broadcasting the baseball playoff games would stop interviewing the managers in the dugout while the game is taking place.Above you see Texas Ranger manager Ron Washington being interviewed recently while his team was playing in the postseason.These people are working and these games are not exhibitions.I think all interviews with managers and coaches while the game is taking place are a bad idea.Let these people work and leave them...

El Jefe has his book about the BP disaster this past summer and I am joining the author's ranks this year. Naturally, if you read my bio you know I have already written three books before this one. Checks and Imbalances, The State of Baseball Management, and Combating Ignorance have been successful in the sense that they were critically acclaimed, but commercial success has been elusive. It's funny how technology changes everything. I suppose reading...

"You see, the thing is that we are putting these cover sheets on all of the TPS reports. Did you get the memo?" "Yes, I have the memo right here, the thing is that I just forgot this one time....." "I'll make sure you get a copy of that memo." I had a principal once that wasn't good for much, but he did come up with a good phrase: three headed frogs. The three-headed frog...

It is Columbus Day.Not all people like Columbus Day.Growing up in Rhode Island you would get a Columbus Day parade. This was because we had so many Italians in Rhode Island.Here in Texas, Columbus Day is not such a big deal.Here is the historian Howard Zinn's take on Christopher Columbus.  It is not very flattering.Mr. Zinn wrote A People's History of The United States.In 1998, a group of indigenous Hondurans carried out a symbolic execution of Christopher Columbus for crimes against humanity.They shot...

The sludge flood in Hungary is disgusting.What you see above has taken place in the town of Ajka which  is 100 miles from Budapest.Industrial sludge burst from an industrial sludge reservoir at an aluminum plant and inundated surrounding areas.At least four people are dead and three are missing. The sludge substance causes burns when it touches the skin.There is concern that the sludge will enter the Danube River and spread to other nations.As nasty and harmful as...

September 22 is the first day of fall.(Above--The 1890 painting Autumn Rain by Julian Alden Weir.)What exactly is fall?Here is a definition.From that defintion--"The autumnal equinox marks the first day of the fall season. On this day, the Sun is again directly over the earth's equator, and daylight lasts 12 hours in the Northern Hemisphere and decreasing. This day is typically recognized as September 22 in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, the first day...

Everyone has that moment in their life where they remember when they were when.... For many it was Pearl Harbor. For others it was JFK, RFK, and MLK's assassinations. My first moment was the Challenger disaster. Each of these events came with hangovers. NASA took years to get back to where they were before the explosion. It is impossible to know whether we will ever get back to where were before those three assassinations. For Americans...

Since today is Damon Wayans' 50th birthday, here's a little comedic break from the political grind; Wayans' Homey the Clown character from In Living Color. First, Homey entertains at a birthday party:Then Homey as substitute teacher:Happy birthday, Homey....

I'll follow, but only at a distance.Tug pulling cargo earlier this summer in Tacoma, Washington. ...