Month: February 2015
Current Events
General
ISIS went a little too far
Islamic extremists repeatedly do barbaric things and, frankly, Islamic countries don’t seem all the upset by it. They certainly aren’t standing up to decry suicide bombings as wrong, or homicidal rampages by gun-wielding lunatics as a problem. But this time, ISIS has managed to cross the line that honestly didn’t seem to exist – the […]
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General
My Personal Views
What I don’t want Here are my personal views: I don’t want the government in my personal business. I don’t want to tell the IRS how much money I have saved this year, what I spent marketing my books, and how much Christmas money my kids have saved in their bank accounts. It’s none of […]
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General
Parenting
What It’s Like Having the First Responder Gene
How would you react in a disaster? Would / do you freeze, panic, or act? I don’t know what the term is, really, but I’ve always thought of it as having the “First Responder Gene”. It doesn’t have anything to do with working as a First Responder – EMT, Firefighter, etc. – but rather with […]
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