Decided to do a quick blog -- these are some images of Lego figures my son did a couple of years ago and then took posed pictures of. Not sure if these are Bionicle or Hero Factory -- or a combination of both.  

    Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. We are watching a special, narrated by William Shatner, as he interviews all the captains of … Continue reading The Captains →

Thursday night is a first for Nathan -- He gets to wear his first Tuxedo -- as part of the Sophomore Choir at the North Kansas City High School Choirs Concert. They had a closet at the back of the music room with Tuxedos for the choir. It is a $15 fee for the year. … Continue reading First Tuxedo →

Building a survey isn't as easy as you would think. Simple things like layout and formatting (like those are simple?) can have a large impact on the results. So to start, lets discuss the directions. You need ease of use and clarity. If something looks difficult or unclear, it can have drastic effect on response … Continue reading Research Methods: Building a Survey →

How many of you know the fable of the ant and the grasshopper? Most of us want to live the life of the grasshopper, but have the stockpile of the ant. Let's face it, the life of the ant looks dull. On the other hand, I'm not so sure that the life of the grasshopper … Continue reading Ant or Grasshopper →

We have been using Amazon Prime streaming video to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender, the Nickelodeon series. Something that I have seen about it that is interesting is the question of power. The quest for power. The plot of most stories seems to involve a quest for power. Such as Avatar. But also, the fickleness and … Continue reading Power, frames and freedom →

Today I took a 20-plus mile bicycle ride, wearing short and a T-shirt in about 50 degree weather.  By the time I came back I was hot and sweating in some parts, cold to the touch in others.  But I felt warm and invigorated. Now I am sitting in a 73 degree house, wrapped in … Continue reading Hot vs. Cold →

The theme of this song (number 9 in my Concert of Sacred Metaphors series) is almost highly appropriate today. Between job and work done for my master's degree class, I am consumed with work of one sort of another. But this song speaks of another type of work, something we shouldn't forget: * To The … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors:To The Work →

  Today the Avondale United Methodist Church book club toured the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO. We decided to go as a follow up to the reading of Last of the Doughboys, a book about interviews done with the last surviving veterans of World War I. We received … Continue reading Liberty Memorial →

Interesting that the main story that rocked us in the business world at work today wasn't anywhere on the Yahoo news feed or business feed tonight.  I had to go to Reuters to pull up anything about it.   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/us-janus-billgross-idUSKCN0HL1DJ20140926   Interesting conjectures about Bill Gross.  Is he the wronged by PIMCO, or is PIMCO … Continue reading PIMCO off the radar →