Category Archives: Points to Ponder
The Blessing
For everyone at The Colorado School of Mines, class starts today. Despite the fact that I’m not in school, I still like to celebrate this day, taking note of its significance. For me, it’s almost like New Years day, being … Continue reading
What Science Knows and What Businesses Do
This post was originally just going to be a link to a video. Then I started doing some more research and some more digging and this post is what I’ve come up with. I think this is a testament to … Continue reading
Memorial Day
It takes on a new meaning when you realize you’re part of the system that helps to ensure the safety of millions of American military men and women. I hope you all had a safe and wonderful Memorial Day and … Continue reading
My Brief Thoughts on Northwest Flight 253
I’m going to keep this short, no more than 250 500 1000 words ((including quotes and footnotes)).
As you all know by now, there was an attempt to blow up another airplane. Although it was initially reported someone lighting off firecrackers, it… Continue reading
What I’m Not Doing Today
For the first time in, well, 17 years or so, I’m not going to school.
Sometimes, it seemed like I’d never get from here:
to here:
It still hasn’t quite set in yet, maybe by lu… Continue reading
The Molehills are Still Real
The other day we were discussing a talk given by Naomi Wolf about her book The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot where she lays out what she sees happening in America and a fascist America in 10 steps.
The question at hand wa… Continue reading
Education: What’s It Worth?
Editors Note: This post is written by Shaun Rowsell and is part of the 5th 20 Something Bloggers Blog Swap. Shaun Rowsell can regularly be found on his own blog at 20Something Gamer.
Remember when you’d be in a restaurant or a garage and your p… Continue reading
The Esoterics of Image Sharpening
I’ve been working on clearing out my huge backlog of photos. I’ve been trying to streamline my process as much as I can in order to get the pictures out the door. As it stands right now, I use no fewer than four programs to get a picture from my c… Continue reading
On Reaching the Mean and the Effect of Self-awareness
Editors note: Here’s a short essay that I wrote for my Introduction to Ethics course. It’s not profound or anything, but I think it’s worth sharing.
After discussing âThe Particular Virtues of Character,â in Book II, Chapter 7, Aristotle wo… Continue reading
Thoughts on the P-I’s Closing
After the Rocky Mountain News closed shop a couple weeks ago, I knew it was only a matter of time before the PI followed. However, I didn’t expect the P-I to remain with an online-only staff.
But you know what, I’m excited to see what they do. … Continue reading