I’ve been listening to Daniel Pink’s book Drive today. I “read” the Audible version of it months ago, but I wanted to read it again. I think the man knows what he’s talking about. I think anyone who is in any position to manage people needs to read it for the words of wisdom on [...]

I promised myself I was going to do the 750words.com September challenge. That means I promised myself I would write 750 words a day every day during the month of September. This seems particularly foolish right now. I don’t have enough time to do everything I’m supposed to do in a day. Why would I [...]

My column that appears today in The Hattiesburg American. *** ON July 26, I read Robert St. John’s column, “The Earl of Sandwich,” and decided I was going on a diet. I know it was July 26 because I wrote about it on my blog. I’ve written about my diet nearly every day since. You [...]

I decided I was going to have to either quit posting chapters of this or quit apologizing for posting them.  So here is chapter 4 of the fantasy novel I am writing for personal entertainment.  I am posting it without apology. Posted via email from Just Haphazardry

In today’s Hattiesburg American: Last week Newsweek featured an article claiming creativity is on the decline in America. This conclusion comes from a study at the College of William and Mary. It’s based on Torrence scores, a test that has been used to measure creative thinking in children since the 1950s. The Torrence data says [...]