Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts …” -As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7 William Shakespeare was born on April 26th, 1564. 456...

How tall is water?

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call Wanted to sail upon your waters Since I was three feet tall You’ve seen it all, you’ve seen it all (A Pirate Looks at Forty – Jimmy Buffett) Nothing makes me more calm and content than sailing a boat on the...

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Perfect Mission

Alan is my best friend. We met in college while noticing the same very short skirt. He is 364 days younger than I am, so his birthday falls one day ahead of mine on the calendar. Naturally we would celebrate both birthdays the same weekend, back when birthdays meant...

Knot right now, thanks!

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. A friend of mine is a sheriff that I met at a convention of sheriffs in Las Vegas. I sat next to him at the banquet and learned that he was also a Scoutmaster in his free time. He said,...

Exceeding Expectations

I was a Boy Scout for twelve years. Later, I served as a Scoutmaster for four different troops, accumulating ten more years in the Scouting program. The BSA used to train boys how to grow up to be honorable, trustworthy men. This is something I think is severely...