Blogging’s been light the past few weeks because the kitchen renovation has been sucking up my time (also, unlike Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown, I have a job that requires actual productivity).

The remodel’s been going well, but a few days ago I had to wonder what it’s doing to me. First, some background:

We’ve got a [...]

(Stolen from someone’s Facebook page)

I was in Puerto Rico on business most of last week. The company is introducing a new internal technology and I’m to develop a training program so a crew of people can speed the transition. Adam, an expert in the technology, was giving a seminar; I went to observe and learn.

The Puerto Rico employees have a [...]

Shakespeare’s Hamlet begins shortly after the death of Hamlet’s father, the king of Denmark. Hamlet’s uncle Claudius has married Hamlet’s mother and taken the kingship that should have been Hamlet’s own.  Then the ghost of the dead king shows up to tell Hamlet that Claudius murdered him! He calls on Hamlet to take vengeance:

If thou didst ever thy [...]