Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips Limiting what persons can say can be tricky. This is especially true in America where we don’t have much practice at it. It appears to me that censorship is growing in America. We have too much “fake news,” so we need to stop some of it. At least some persons believe the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes the problem is that we have too many people in the room. Move the discussion to a smaller group at another time and place. Decisions can be difficult. Reaching a consensus among a group of people can be difficult. One technique to overcoming these difficulties is to reduce the number of […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Rarely do I give health advice. Please read this little bit of health advice—especially if you have headaches in the morning. Health advice for writers and others: I like this post about night routines that bring better sleep. For me, the big item in this post is hydration. For years I suffered […]

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by Dwayne Phillips For some reason, some social media pioneers are apologizing for reaching their dreams. Well, the Russians have done it. They are the smartest persons in the history of the world. They sat back and let others do all the work to create platforms that they, the Russians, could use to control the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips A tough one to define, but we usually know it when we see it. And then we ask, “Why?” Look to the eyes. I spent a few days in airports recently. I found myself discouraged. The word “sloth” kept coming to mind. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We are usually happy to have outsiders walk in and help us. Help, however, comes with our conditions. We have so much work to do here, we will never catch up. Help? Of course we will accept help. What kind of help? Well, you know, someone like me, just like me, and […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes I wonder what smart people are doing. They must have something happening behind the scenes because smart people can’t be this stupid. I recently sat in an airliner for about 20 hours during a couple days time. In my past, I did this frequently, but not so much lately. A couple […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Question: Why don’t we address this situation? And I suggest one solution. Note the clever use of the summary as question and the title as answer. Maybe that isn’t so clever, but I find the actual question and accompanying answer common. I was recently reading about how engineers and computer programmers might […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Often, perceptions and other ghosts cause us to believe things. Go back to a fundamental question. The world is coming to an end. Nothing is right. Everyone is against this. What else have I told myself? What else did I “know?” All were hunches, perceptions, gut feel, and such. Sigh. All is […]

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