At a recent Toastmasters meeting, a speaker gave a fabulous presentation on a difficult topic. She spoke from the heart and provided solid information to support her topic. She made one tiny mistake at the beginning of her speech. She started by apologizing for not being prepared. ACK! None of…
If you're looking to read a book that is a mix between Ready Player One and The Da Vinci Code, this is the one for you. This is the perfect book to veer to the fiction side if you've read a bunch of non-fiction. Robin Sloan combines technology and mystery…
I missed a lot of fouls during my 12 years as a college basketball referee. Some of the fouls were ones I didn't call when I should have and some I called that weren't there. I break them down into three categories: Fouls that happened that I didn't see and…
Here's another eclectic group of music that I've been listening to this week. Enjoy! Follow me on Spotify for more great playlists! image credit: https://flic.kr/p/fwy41j…
AutoHotKey is one of those tools that you'll use and then in a year you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. At heart, AutoHotKey is a scripting language that let's you automate tasks, assign keyboard shortcuts, and launch programs Wikipedia lists several common tasks people use AutoHotKey: Remapping…
Shirts to Wear for Yard Work It's fall, and that means you'll be spending some time doing yard work for the last time before winter. It's the perfect time to get some shirts to help make sure you get the job done and look good while doing it. There are…
To be a better public speaker, you must practice. Most books on improving presentation skills list practice as the number one technique to get better. The best way to practice is to give speeches in a positive setting and receive immediate feedback from skilled evaluators. Practice with Skilled Evaluators I…
If Richard Feynman were alive today, Dos Equis would use him as the Most Interesting Man in the World. Dr. Feynman did it all. He won the Nobel Prize, worked on the atomic bomb, cracked safes, painted naked women, and investigation of the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. In…
Several months ago, one of the community bands I played tuba in went on a hiatus. Fortunately for me, there was another band that was going strong. Unfortunately, they already had two tuba players. The founders of the new band asked me to play baritone/euphonium and provided me an…
Here's another eclectic group of music that I've been listening to this week. Enjoy! Follow me on Spotify for more great playlists! image credit: https://flic.kr/p/8FvPjo…