“Youth possessed no perspective, he thought, the fatal flaw to all of its extraordinary advantages….”
Ridin’ the Vortex ‘Til the Wheels Fall Off
Does it qualify as “living” when all you do is run to your car, into the front doors of your destination, back to your car and, finally, into your house, no pauses or sidetracks?
Six Every-Day Resolutions for Every Day
New Year’s resolutions. Some will be kept throughout the year, many for a few weeks, most for just a day or two. Maybe we should go with every-day resolutions, instead. Every day.
Phases of Learning
One evening last week my 6-year-old daughter and I ran out to Dairy Queen to get treats and bring them home for everyone. It was around 6:30, and as we […]
Positively Brilliant
I’d never heard a more miserable, pitiful statement in my life, and I haven’t heard a more miserable, pitiful one since. It came in an upper-level English literature course of […]
Robots Rock. And Score Goals. And Write.
With advances in artificial intelligence and new feats of engineering, Robots continue to get smarter and better and more useful for humans. They also play soccer and develop press releases. Wait… What?
Thanks for Being Here
Father’s Day, 2004 “Thanks for being here.” My father, Martin C. Fredricks III, said this to me many times, usually at family gatherings. Just as often, though, he said it […]