day 5

Several years ago I got a call from a friend who is a principal in a kind of rough school in Ohio. He was genuinely excited when he called. "I just took a punch right in the face!" He was breaking up a fight in the hallway and a wayward right cross connected with his …

there are no coincidences, only algorithms

One of the things that I'm fascinated by is how technology is changing the way that we think and the way that we process the circumstances of our lives. Even using a word like "process" - a term tied to computers - instead of a word like "interpret" demonstrates just how much we have come …

a brick and mortar christmas

Pardon the "get off my lawn" post, but I'm 40 now. There comes a point in every man's life where he embraces his inner curmudgeon. There comes a point in every man's life where he finds himself less identifying with Ralphie than with his cranky dad. I'm choosing 40 as that point. (Although, those who …

chapter 4: hermes reports

Chapter 1: Eros Chapter 2: Ares Chapter 3: Aphrodite If Ares and Aphrodite were just a little reserved in their enthusiasm for the new CEO's agenda (setting aside their parental pride), the same could not be said for Hermes who would be the next to report. There was not a single department head seated at …