The most important things
Posted on Apr 27, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Putting human struggles and value into perspective.
donna olson. stroke, illness, hope fatalism
Reflections on the precariousness of life
Posted on Aug 8, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
Philosophical essay on life and death sparked by a family trip where a pigeon collided with the car and we had a flat tire.
life, death, tragedy, rights
A Call for Reason
Posted on Jan 14, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
An essay rebutting infantile attitudes of the anti-science movement.
science, society, pseudoscience, media, politics, rush limbaugh
The Price of Learning: Gradecard Dilemma
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Aug 16, 2013
There is a paradox concerning a parent's push for good grades. The kids don't care about learning.
misplaced values in education, gradecard dilemma
Adults shoot kids with paintball gun
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
On Nov 10-11, 2002, adults fired paintballs at neighborhood kids from 237 Fremont Court.
paintball shootings, chris fat lip, chris face shot
August 27, 2010 Newsletter
Posted on Aug 26, 2010 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
August 27, 2010 Newsletter with a review of Convexity, a game level builder plug-in for 3D Studio Max.
Assassin Bug
Posted on Jun 20, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011
An assassin bug I photographed in Central Pennsylvania.
assassin bug, insect photo, pennsylvania