"Everybody run The homecoming queen's got a gun Julie Brown Killer Teachers Today's date is February 23, 2018 Kids are showing up at schools with guns that shoot a lot of bullets. Today, the United States of America is under the dark cloud of another shooting in Florida. We look to our leaders for direction. … Continue reading Killer Teachers
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Getting Needed Feedback
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Getting Needed Feedback The World of Warcraft, owned by Blizzard, is a huge international business. They create games and they are very popular games. Because they continuously update … Continue reading Getting Needed Feedback
The Just Cause
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau The Just Cause Teaching a class at an art college, we were reviewing last week's notes. Getting a lot of nodding, I was perplexed at one blank stare. When asked, this was the answer, "What? I'm just a dancer". It … Continue reading The Just Cause
How to Watch the News
"Most of the time, you can beat a woman in an argument." Tucker Carlson How to Watch the News Here at the Profound Bartender, we take a shot every time Donald Trump tweets. Business is good. There is no doubt that since the day that Donald Trump got elected that the viewing numbers on the … Continue reading How to Watch the News
The Shame of Texas Hold ‘Em
"If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you." Paul Newman The Shame of Texas Hold 'Em The game of poker is a lot of fun. It is gambling and social with a set of rules that go back at least one … Continue reading The Shame of Texas Hold ‘Em
The Suspension Bridge of Belief
"What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony." Cotton Mather The Suspension Bridge of Belief Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834) was a smart guy. He came up with the catchy … Continue reading The Suspension Bridge of Belief
The Shape of Water: My Review
"Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection." Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water: My Review When Disney/Pixar released the animated film WALL-E it contained few spoken words. The noises made by the little robot delivered the message with childlike whirrs and purrs and ohs and ahs and ows. The voice actor did a fantastic … Continue reading The Shape of Water: My Review
Education: The Fix
"The No Child Left Behind Act will be one of President Bush's enduring legacies. And it was engineered and inaugurated with a truly bipartisan coalition in Congress. Accountability, standards, and truly measuring student performance just makes sense. The only real debate about the law was and is whether or not it was adequately funded." Mark … Continue reading Education: The Fix
Disposable Cameras
"The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor." George Orwell Coming out of World War II, as our planet changed from making Things of War to Things of Peace, we knew that we could now feed the world. The technological advances and the huge … Continue reading Disposable Cameras
The Incandescent Era
“Lighting is not about function. It’s much more about the mood and the emotion that the playwright and the director are trying to create. Our job is to support their poetic direction.” Jules Fisher The Incandescent Era Once upon a time, I was on my way down to Cal-State Fullerton. I had been asked to … Continue reading The Incandescent Era
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