Dr Wingnut

Category: General

  • Top 10 Job Transition Observations

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    Hiring should be done in alphabetical order.  (Selfish, isn’t it?)If I am marketing myself, why am I using white font in resumes?There is a cure for NDS (Networking Deficiency Syndrome)I’m starting to miss being in the traffic jams I see at 7:30 AM, on TV, having my 1st cup of coffee and in sleepwear.Not on…

  • Iron Crotch

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    Once again, it’s time again for the Iron Crotch bicycle ride today.  Still only 25 miles for me, but with this cloudy, windy weather we’ll see if I can go that far.

  • Forgiveness

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    To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.Lewis B. Smedes

  • Happy Birthday DKL

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    Today is the birthday of my younger brother.  Yesterday in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune it was noted that it is also the anniversary of the following events:Adolph Hitler’s BirthdayColumbine High School shootingsExplosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of MexicoGood thing he was born, or it would be a bad day…

  • Resentment

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    Last week Anh Tran from our Consolidated Programs Division sent me a story that illustrates what we say and how we think about a situation can have a lasting effect.  It also teaches us that even if we find ourselves on the other side of negative or hurtful words, we always have a choice about…

  • Evolution

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    If evolution weren’t real then all offspring of the same mating pair should be identical.  Discuss.

  • Are we done yet?

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    My coworker, Paul Ward, commented yesterday at lunch when we were discussing when the Title I allocations would be final:“The process will only be final when everyone loses interest in it.”It seems like nothing here is ever done… and sometimes people can get interested in a process years after everyone initially lost interest; even if…