Monthly Archives: October 2021

Sentient Omnivores

Originally written in 2003 Human beings are sentient omnivores. This gives us certain rights and obligations with regard to other creatures. We eat just about anything. Our bodies are designed to have a certain balance of these things. Certain cultures … Continue reading

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Stop Signs

The thing is… You don’t really need to stop for a full three seconds… but you have got to stop. It takes no more than a second to verify that nobody is coming and it’s safe to proceed, and that’s … Continue reading

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General Writing Update (10/21/2021)

It takes only the briefest of scrolling to see that I haven’t made much use of this blog over the last……. six years. But my writing career – and I use that term very loosely – has chugged along without … Continue reading

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The Speed Limit

My mom always liked to say the speed limit is a limit not a goal. I disagree. Or, I should say, it’s more nuanced than that. By a lot. A lot a lot. But the basics don’t take long, so … Continue reading

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Fast Lane: Slower Traffic Keep Right

I used to have a driving blog called Fast Lane, but I had a database disaster and lost it all. It is being reborn here as a page within my writing blog. I originally got my immediate inspiration from the … Continue reading

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