I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will
It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.
Preventing the next Orlando — the Cumulative Act Effect
Experts in risk analysis have a model they use to describe the dynamics of disasters and our efforts to prevent them. Â It’s called the cumulative act effect, or more frequently (and popularly) the Swiss cheese model. Â In short, it imagines
Politics and Wonderland
With election season in full swing, the word “caucus” has become ubiquitous in the news.  I first learned the word when I read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many, many years ago. ‘What I was going to say,’ said the Dodo in
Give Blood, Save Life. Be Mad!
The very first time I donated blood (right after my 18th birthday), one of the other donors arrived wearing a sweatshirt with “Dracula” emblazoned on the front. Â (I think it was the logo from the 1979 movie starring Frank Langella,
First World Trade Center Bombing — an “It Was 20 Years Ago Today” text post
[Posted at the “It Was 20 Years Ago Today” site (http://20yearsago.libsyn.com), the Starlight Teahouse message board (www.starlightteahouse.com), and my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Sailbourne).] Twenty years ago today, a truck bomb exploded in the underground garage of the North Tower of the
Farewell to the Friend I Never Met
I lost a friend this week. She was a friend I had never met, and in fact I didn’t even know what she looked like – until I got the letter announcing her death. But nevertheless, Patt Griffin was a
One Person’s Intractable Dandruff Is Another’s Golden Opportunity
… or, is that price gouging on the Internet or American Capitalism at its finest? I have very stubborn dandruff. For a while, tea tree oil shampoo (a recommendation from a stylist) was enough to deal with it. Then I
3s of Me for 2/2011
Do if you want, no big deal. (All references to tagging apply to the echo of this post in Facebook Notes.) If you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with the 3’s of YOU. At the end,
Beliefs and Beginnings
I love history. I consider myself an amateur historian — that’s what the It Was 20 Years Ago Today podcast is all about. I listen to a few podcasts that have to do with history; one is the remarkable series
New Year, New Plans
It is the beginning of a new year, the beginning of a new decade (as some reckon it), and a shade over five months since I posted anything here. I wasn’t going to make a New Year’s resolution (having been