Month: June 2015

TheCivil War was brought to a close when General Robert E. Lee arrived at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia to surrender on behalf of the Confederate Army. The terms of the surrender were remarkably generous. Confederate soldiers were promised immunity from prosecution even though they were officially guilty of treason, and they were allowed to keep ... Read more

Todayis Family Fun Day, which means I  participate in an annual ritual wherein the Rockamatics let me embarrass myself by singing a couple of Stones tunes in front of a crowd of (mostly) Mormons.I always post these on Facebook, but I don't think I've ever put one up on the blog before. So that ends ... Read more

Recognizingthat anything I write on this subject will be offensive to somebody, I decided to plow ahead regardless. Batten down the hatches; here we go.While surfing the web, I stumbled on an article in Canada's National Post that introduced me to the concept of “transabled” people. According to the article, transabled individuals feel like “imposters ... Read more

Inresponse to my "Writing" post, my nephew Jeffrey has this to say:

It's not numbered, but I'd like to hear more about "America has about ten years left. Fifteen, tops. But that might not be a bad thing."

Ask and ye shall receive, sir.Actually, I've addressed this in pieces before - I talk about the ... Read more

It took me two years at Brigham Young University to earn an MBA, but I can boil down that whole experience into three words that summarize everything I learned during that time. So, after reading this post, you can consider yourself a Master of Business Administration, too. Heck, if you're a Clinton, you can probably ... Read more