Mark Twain was quoted as saying, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” In today’s world of social media, these words are truer than ever. In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, people took to social media to start spinning their narrative, because we have long since lost actualContinue reading “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”
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MEDITATIONS-CHOICES 3/22/24
I was driving back home from a doctor’s appoint, when a thought hit me, like a bolt from Zeus. I had just caught myself wondering, “How did our world get to this state?” Zeus reared up his godly head, cast his bolt, and the answer appeared. We chose this. I’m Roman Catholic, so the conceptContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-CHOICES 3/22/24”
MEDITATIONS 1/21/24-FAMILY
I’m in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I’ve been for two weeks. I’ve been assessing schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, and I have a couple of weeks to go. I had a Skyrizi injection for my Crohn’s Disease on Thursday, and yesterday I had a day of very low energy and cold-like symptoms. Nothing like feeling like crapContinue reading “MEDITATIONS 1/21/24-FAMILY”
IDENTIFYING CHILD MOLESTERS-CHAPTER 4
Chapter Four Prevalence: How often does it happen? was a relatively short chapter. Dr. Van Dam cites numerous studies that essentially say, we’re not sure how prevalent it is. One thing we know for sure, based on the number of victims we know, it’s a lot, and the dark figure is high. In criminology, theContinue reading “IDENTIFYING CHILD MOLESTERS-CHAPTER 4”
Meditations of a Bald, Fat Guy 