Everyone loves a pay raise. We automatically get excited because with the arrival of that next paycheck, we will immediately see an increase in purchasing power. On top of that, we fill up with pride knowing that we are being rewarded for our hard work, production, and efficiency while performing our job. Sounds great doesn’t […]

Recently, I ran across the book “Seinfeld and Philosophy” by William Irwin and being such a huge Seinfeld fan, I happily placed the book on the store counter and forked over $20 so I could enlighten myself. The book contains 14 essays written by several professional philosophers about different subjects throughout the 9 year television […]

Recently, a new movie came out on DVD called “Meet Bill.” It was an odd movie to say the least. It featured a mentor, Bill, in the middle of some very precarious life situations. Bill becomes a little unglued and during this time, he happens to be signed up to be part of a mentoring […]

If you happened to read through some of my past movie reviews, you may have noticed I rent movies from a local RedBox. What exactly is the RedBox? The RedBox is a DVD kiosk placed in a wide variety of locations throughout the United States allowing customers to rent newly released movies for one night […]

In the article titled “Shortweek,” I brought up a theory about the current state of treatment of employees throughout our country. I stated, “Employee satisfaction and morale usually isn’t the number one thing on management’s minds these days.” While it is a pretty broad statement and there are many people who are being treated very […]

As you know from some of my previous articles, I’m a sports fan. Well, sometimes I would classify myself as a sports nut as I’m sure my wife would concur. Next Tuesday, July 15th, is the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. If you are not familiar with how players are chosen for the game, it […]

Have you ever driven by a parking lot of a business, restaurant, or house and just taken a look at the cars parked there? Do you make any snap judgments based on what you see? Today, I am going to talk about something I like to call “Parking Lot Pride.” We all like to have […]

Yesterday, I ran across a simple article discussing a “movement,” as they described it, involving people living on less. To be more specific, they are trying to de-clutter their lives to less than 100 possessions. They cited a few advantages for living this way: helping the environment by consuming less, de-cluttered living is less stressful, […]

The particular subject I am writing about today has come up in several conversations I’ve had through the years since my college years. I want to talk about failure teaching at the highest level of collegiate academics. Thus, I have coined the phrase Failademics. I don’t know how many college educated readers are here or […]

If you read yesterday’s article, I talked about superstition and how it fits into sports and also our everyday lives. I mentioned how stupidstition, as I like to call it, is usually just a metaphor for failure. There are other times where superstition and the stupid practice of it are the results from something other […]