This is a story about Graeme Obree, A.K.A. The Flying Scotsman. If you’re a cyclist (or athlete) and have ever ridden a bike or turned a pedal to escape pain and embrace suffering - this man’s glory will spill your guts vicariously. This ain’t about popcorn and soda, but razor-burns, saddle-sores and demonic-pursuits.
Graeme […]

DBA* in proprietary terms means, Doing Business As (dba)… which, more and more frequently means, Dropping Bombs Anonymously. Of course I realize that it could be a double-entendre (are there triple, quadruple and quintuple-entendres?) because who knows what bomb (Made in?) is being dropped by who (nationality?), when it will be dropped, why it […]

WRONG: Wage Reductions Oppress Necessary Gains
Don’t blame the system. The system is run by people, it’s made by people and it’s made for people. Who are these people? People scream about China’s lack of controls over manufacturing - we control their manufacturing by virtue of supply and demand. We demand that […]

Sounds funny… knead to know. But it’s true. Our existence is based on a knead to know basis. Indubitably. Knead: To mix and work into a uniform mass… hmmm.
Sounds funny enough to be true. We’re told what they want us to hear - and we listen to what we want […]

I spent many years in the restaurant industry, doing everything from dishwashing to general management. My experiences do not necessarily make me more critical - but more consensual (I am here by choice - but I still have reflexive responses, especially to environments that lack leadership and/or community).
First, I do not like forced courtesy. […]