Two words that say everything

August 24, 2015 Choose two words to describe Donald Trump. What would you say? Let’s make sure we’re talking about the same guy. White Pages (whitepages.com) says that they have 43 listings for “Donald Trump” – in 15 states – and 42 of them are not the person-in-question. There’s only one Donald Trump. Just two …

Are you at risk for a toxic event?

August 17, 2015 It was once called “The River of Lost Souls.” Named by Spanish explorers in the 1700s, what is now the Animas (Spanish: “souls”) River, in Southwest Colorado, flows south out of the San Juan Mountains – past Durango – into New Mexico, where it ultimately joins the San Juan River on its …

The things we love tell us who we are (Aquinas)

August 10, 2015 Take a minute; let’s talk about stuff. First, let’s make sure we’re talking about the same stuff. Stuff comes in three varieties. Stuff 1 (its synonym is “dunk”) is a verb; if you’re in the NBA, it’s one of your monetized assets. Outside sports, it can be literal (as in, “to pack …