At America’s most competitive colleges, 50% or more of the freshman class slots are filled via the early admission process. Is this a good idea? I’m leaning towards no on that question. We went through this last year. Applying to William & Mary via early admissions would have required my son to forgo the early […]

At America’s most competitive colleges, 50% or more of the freshman class slots are filled via the early admission process. Is this a good idea?
I’m leaning towards no on that question.
We went through this last year. Applying to William & Mary via…

A day in the life of Phin, a gorilla mascot at a Chicago used car dealership that picks up an odd job from a friend delivering a package to Normal IL. The zipper on the gorilla suit is stuck, so Phin sets off in the suit with the mysterious Mr. E and a beater dealer […]

A day in the life of Phin, a gorilla mascot at a Chicago used car dealership that picks up an odd job from a friend delivering a package to Normal IL. The zipper on the gorilla suit is stuck, so Phin sets off in the suit with the mysterious Mr. E and a…

We are awash in information. In theory, all that information should make decision making easier. In practice, all that information makes decision making impossible. Most of it is poorly organized, poorly sourced, and of dubious quality. So what happens is we overload on information trying to make decisions that in many cases, are better off […]

I made a slide show from my pictures of Sunday’s processional from the waterfront to Sunken Road. We followed in the footsteps of the Union soldiers that made the same trip under heavy fire in 1862. It was a very thoughtful and somber program that was put on the NPS staff today. My thanks to […]

I made a slide show from my pictures of Sunday’s processional from the waterfront to Sunken Road. We followed in the footsteps of the Union soldiers that made the same trip under heavy fire in 1862. It was a very thoughtful and somber program that was …

If anybody actually visits this site (versus reading in a feed reader) you may have noticed that for the first time in this century, I’ve removed any reference to homeschooling from the tag line. With one kid in college, and the other waiting for SAT scores which she is very confident are higher than her […]

The pile of books on my bedside table was getting dangerously high, so it is probably time to make a few notes here and move them to the bookshelf. Travis McGee Novels by John MacDonald: The Long Lavender Look, The Quick Red Fox, Bright Orange for the Shroud, The Deep Blue Goodbye, Nightmare in Pink. […]

If two years in a row makes a tradition, then we have a tradition of spending Black Friday on a trail, far from a mall. This year we went to Sky Meadows State Park to do a 8.4 mile loop hike. It was a perfect day, 60ish degrees and blue skies. The trails are well […]