The Professor’s Notes

POLYGAMIST CULT RAIDED; CPS SEIZES ABUSE VICTIMS!
Two small problems:  first, there wasn’t any “polygamy” per se going on; and second, there wasn’t any abuse going on.
Have you lost your freakin’ mind?!  Think about it.
“Polygamy” as defined by the law requires at least “Bigamy” which requires “marriage.”  “Marriages” didn’t take place.  Not even “Civil Ceremonies.”  By [...]

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It didn’t take long before I saw the (incorrect) drawing of a connection between the Burmese government’s refusal to allow relief to enter Myanmar, and the US response to Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region.  (Note, it was far more than New Orleans.)  I knew it was coming.  In fact, when I heard Laura [...]

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If you are reading this blog, you have no doubt noticed the Twitter summary on the left, perhaps listened to a podcast or two, and even read my thoughts about various technologies. I have given talks about social networks, and even pointed out that it’s about relationships. All this, and I am left with [...]

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Over at his blog, my brother discusses the trend of schools not looking at the SAT scores when making admissions decisions (with his SHC at the cutting edge of that movement). It’s an interesting decision, and one that I find worthy of pursuit, but I also believe it is fraught with challenges. As [...]

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And, since I have posted an image about a stadium, I figured a quote from Teddy Roosevelt would perhaps be appropriate.  This is oft quoted, and I found the quote at www.elise.com

Teddy Roosevelt - To the Man in the Arena
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man [...]

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I just felt I had to share this great stop motion video. TOTH (tip of the hat) to Twitter friend cc_chapman.

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There’s an entrepreneur making the rounds of talk shows etc. selling an internet product that teaches you how to cheat and steal (legally of course) from your fellow citizens.  Let us reason together as we explore the rationalizations of his chosen hook to fame and fortune.
So apparently, not a few Americans were counting on housing [...]

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 . . . heck is this guy; and why is he posting to The Professor’s Notes?  Please allow me to introduce myself.  I’m a colleague/associate/friend of the “owner” of the blog.  Steve and I go back to our shared military service for the Air Force.  We were both professors teaching (Logistics and Supply Chain) at [...]

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I must admit that I, like so many others, had not read Andy Olmsted’s writings until today.  A blogging soldier in the US Army, he left a final entry, to be posted in the event of his death.  Since I have read it, I am sure you can gather he has given “that last full [...]

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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill - Yahoo! News
Wow. THIS is an interesting story, and is actually a good lesson in so many areas. Certainly, we can learn much about “common sense” from a company that doesn’t think that a bill of that magnitude is somehow incorrect and out of line. Or [...]

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