The Chinese fortune taped to my monitor at work says:"You will pass a difficult test that will make you happier."I have passed many difficult tests lately that have left me happier only to have that happiness dashed to the ground for one reason or another.When is the test coming that wi...  read more

Wow!  Today was the day of our big demo.  The importance of this demo was great, in that we had to convince a very highly-placed individual of its value, not just at our University, but on a national scale.  It was fantastic!  This individual went from being extremely skeptica...  read more

Walking in the woods one day, I thought about a close friend’s dissatisfaction with his job and marriage. He’d been grasping for solutions over the years, but nothing had stuck. I had begun to think that he was going through an existential crisis. What he needed to do, I surmised, ...  read more