Navel Gazing

Final Thought: changing your mind can be dangerous

Changing your mind can get you in trouble.  Which sounds ... dumb, when you think about it. I mean, being able to change our minds...

Final Thought: God save the quee-king

It shouldn’t be that hard.  I mean, it’s only one word. Well, two, if you count the pronoun in the middle there.  But for more than...

Final Thought: Grit vs Quit

Don’t be a quitter.  That’s the operating system that is installed in us since we were young. Quitting is only slightly less egregious a sin...

Final Thought: Out of sight

We have created a monster.  I can open up a browser on my computer, or an app on my cell phone, and, with 1-Clicktm I can...

Final Thought: Election time is here again

I love local politics.  Local politics are so...boring, usually. All-candidate forums are usually people standing up and saying “I like what she said,” or “He’s...

Final Thought: How to stop the burning down

Unlike most people in Tumbler Ridge, I had the great pleasure of being evacuated for a second time, due to the Bearhole Lake fire.  I...

Final Thought: Out of balance

A number of years ago, I watched an animated film that featured two people on a raised platform. When one of the characters moved...

Final Thought: the Challenges you face

If you look at it from one perspective, Rose O’Neil failed to accomplish what she set out to do.  She crossed the finish line twenty...

Final Thought: Back to the mountain

After a couple year’s delay due to a pandemic, the XXII Emperor’s Challenge is finally being held, appropriately in MMXXII. Or, as the kids...

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