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We Can Come to the Right Conclusion
"We would love to have flying cars that run on water, or cheap ways to suck carbon dioxide out of the air, but necessity is not the mother of invention after all."
Source: Matt Ridley, Rational Optimist
Posted: 25 Jun 2020
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Category Archives: Officialdom
Flaggin’ It
A mathematical deep-dive into national emblems. Continue reading
The Drum Roll, Please
An exciting announcement, on behalf of the Government of Canada. You heard it here first. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Officialdom, Photos of Flora
Tagged Community, Other Plants
6 Comments
Security Theatre?
Somehow I don’t feel any safer. Continue reading
Posted in Officialdom, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Critical Thinking, Trains & Boats & Planes
12 Comments
Who You Gonna Call?
I’ve been robbed. Call the police. Continue reading
Open Sesame?
Waiting in line at a border crossing, I am reminded of, and inspired by, a classical scene from a classic fantasy novel: The Lord of the Rings. Continue reading
What Do You Mean by That?
Razor sharp after a midnight departure from Vancouver and 15 hours in the air, I squint again at Question 9. The series of 11 questions had started with a seemingly innocuous lead-in: “Are you bringing into Australia . . . … Continue reading
Stick. String. Nerve. Not.
As a communicator, my default assumption is that a situation gone bad—whether at home or work—is all about the medium selected, the words chosen, the tone used. But the failure here was not one of communication, but of nerve. Continue reading
Sloppy Is As Sloppy Does
A badly designed medical-information form provokes a rant about being sloppy and some consideration about when being careful really matters. Are you planning to get pregnant in the next three months? I look around. No, it’s just me and the … Continue reading
E is for Eye Doctor
The little kid within still carries a grudge against a suspicious school nurse from 40 years ago. Continue reading
