Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips I don’t like surveillance. Why is someone surveilling me? It is sort of like testing a system I built. But are the testers out to get me or help me? I don’t like surveillance. I don’t like the police state. Why is someone surveilling me? I haven’t done anything. What about the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Yet another rant by an old man about something we used to do. etiquette: noun, the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group. Hat etiquette. See above. I am old. I still have scars from my parents and grandparents and school teachers. Take […]

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by Dwayne Phillips One again, our world plunges into debate about … bunny rabbits on trampolines. Are those bunny rabbits bouncing on a trampoline real? Oh no, they aren’t. AI generated that video. Who is the dastardly person who perpetrated that hoax on us all? We need to find a villain and do what it […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Another fundamental in speak to people seems to have been lost. I recently had the misfortune of sitting in a conference room for a period of time that was greater than three hours and somewhat less than an infinity of pain. I, and another couple dozen colleagues, was facing a giant screen […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Common usage is incorrect, but, hey, what’s the problem? Yet another headache. My grandson is a “rising junior.” That means, and everyone in America understands this but me, that he is between his sophomore and junior years of high school. (And he’s 6’3″ tall which puts him far above me, but I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We often have the experts looking up at someone atop the pyramid who simply doesn’t know much of what they are saying. There is supposed to be an expertise pyramid. The lone person atop the pyramid has more expertise than all those below. That is how the person reached the top of […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Philosophy and utopia are great until reality punches everything in the nose—philosophically speaking of course. Philosophical discussions are great. They may stretch the mind to see other points of view or possibilities. They may lead to better ways. Philosophy, however, is philosophy and not reality. We need to keep that in mind. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Much of what we pass off as complicated issues comes from something simple, the desire to be missed. I like to listen to the podcast of former Washington Post writer Tony Kornheiser. I laugh a lot while listening. Mr. Kornheiser is a big movie fan and follows the culture as he was […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Let us mean what we say and say what we mean. Sometimes that requires too much effort. The effort is worth it if we want others to take us seriously. You know what I mean, huh? You get my drift, right? Just go along with me on this one. And then one […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This is something we need. Shopping centers, please read. I’ve seen it many times. An adult steps out of their car in the shopping center parking lot. They have two or more small children with them. All the children are strapped into car seats. Let’s see, unbuckle the oldest child first, or […]

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