Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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The problem of scale
I have a whole pile of posts I want to get done. Lot’s of thoughts swimming around in my head looking for a place to get out. They all seem connected, but I’m not sure how. If I try to make the connections and develop some sort of master hypothesis or commentary, I’m afraid they…
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Double standard
A Monday morning thought experiment. Let’s say you’re driving around minding your own business. You see something out of place – someone that looks “suspicious”. Your mind races to some of the bad things that have happened in the neighborhood recently so you decide to check it out. As you get in closer, your “suspect”…
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Easy Rider
. You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it. – George Hanson in Easy Rider There’s a lot that seems backwards to me today. Or maybe upside down. Upside down and backwards. I know I only crested the summit a few weeks ago, but I…
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Over the Hill(s) and Far Way
So tomorrow I am officially over the hill. By some strange circumstance (which happens to be called work) I am in Shanghai for this momentous occasion, which really only means that I will be in my 30s for twelve fewer hours than I would have been otherwise. Damn time zones. Who said time travel was…
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Getting the word out on SARC
I had the opportunity to go on the Brian Thomas show on 55KRC this morning to talk about the School Attacker Response Course. It was a great chance to talk about the program and get the word out. Brian Thomas is as nice in person as he is on the radio (which is to say…
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More doing something: School Attacker Response Course
Like many of you, I was deeply moved by the massacre in Newtown, CT. The senseless killing of innocents should do that to anyone with a soul. But I felt more than disbelief and sadness. I felt angry…and then resolved. Angry at those that blamed the tool used rather than the man and the society…
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Doing something
While our politicians bloviate, I decided to do something. About a week ago I saw a request for help in getting a website setup for the School Attacker Response Course – something that Rob Pincus of ICE Training setup immediately in the wake of Sandy Hook. The idea was to get training to the people…
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A few suggestions for VP Biden's Committee
Since it seems that we as a nation have decided to ignore the obvious things that will make us and our kids safer and instead are going to take the lazy way out…make it someone else’s problem …and legislate our way to safety, I thought I would assist our lawmakers in not just making us…
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Help me out
I am writing this because I am trying to understand – this a request for help if you will. Help me understand. No, not how any human being could bring themselves to do what they did last Friday at Sandy Hook. But rather help me understand how the gun control that many of my friends…