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To-Do List

To-Do List

I really don't know how to sit down. My wife lovingly calls me a busy body, at least I think it's lovingly, and tells me I don't know how to relax. In my mind there's always something else that needs to be done and I am laser focused on accomplishing these things. My...

Family Reunion

Family Reunion

My wife's family does an amazing job with family reunions. On both sides of her family genuine efforts are made to gather on a regular basis and not let too much time pass without connecting. During the past year getting together proved...

You Shall Not Pass

You Shall Not Pass

There are some paths we all want to avoid. In the first movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf is faced with a difficult decision. Tasked with leading the fellowship to their destination safely he desperately wants to avoid...

Civil War

Civil War

In the movie Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers face a crossroads after their recent actions have resulted in civilian loss of life and massive property damage across the world.   Tony Stark agrees with the government’s assessment...

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

Being able to reliably identify a person is an important security measure, especially when it pertains to air travel.  Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the federal government “set standards for the...

Bad Fruit Elegy: Democracy Trumped

Bad Fruit Elegy: Democracy Trumped

It was always going to end this way. Even before the insane lawsuits that were filed daily, like an homage to the movie 50 First Dates, this was always the ending. You always reap what you sow. And in Donald Trump’s case everything he touches goes bankrupt....

Back To The Future

Back To The Future

My favorite movie is Back to the Future. Set in the year 1985, Marty McFly travels backwards in time to the year 1955 with the help of an eccentric inventor, Dr. Emmett Brown. While in the past Marty soon discovers that his presence has caused an issue with his...

A Sixth Sense

A Sixth Sense

A few months ago I was in the kitchen washing dishes. I heard my daughter moving around in the adjacent room and I called out to her to back up from the television. She said: 'Dad how did you know what I was doing without looking at me?' I promptly quipped: 'I have...

The Final Decision

The Final Decision

The Final Decision In an episode of X-men the Animated Series, titled The Final Decision, the X-men battle against a dangerous army of mutant killing robots known as the sentinels.Magneto, who often opposes Charles Xavier's peaceful approach to mutant human...