First of all, I use my term “age of war” flippantly as humans have been in a state of war for the past 50,000 years, less so today than in most of our history. Overthinking The term “Overthinking” is however a realatively new term in our lexicon as depicted in the Google Ngram graph below.…

This is one of those late night/early morning word purges, so pick any heading that you are interested in, realizing that some of this is redundant. I did type fast so be gracious with my typos. Introduction This is not my final statement on my thoughts on the pursuit of self-worth, which I will return…

To summarize the points I’m trying to make here is, 1) we all wrestle with feelings of inferiority at times, 2) social mores demand that we only reveal our successes, never our failures, and 3) one of the best ways to combat this universal social ill is honesty. We all fail in 80% of our…

I wanted to spend this part looking at the scientific literature as it relates to self-esteem. There are good tools for measuring self-esteem, such as the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Unfortunately, after reading twenty or more articles, I didn’t produce much useful information. For example, it was never clear how prevalent significant issues are with self-esteem…

Introduction It is that time of year again, when the eternal blue skies of summer yield to the thick blanket of monsoon clouds. Soon cool, misty rain will mark each day sending us all indoors. For eight weeks I had been on a hectic schedule with my cottage building, trying to beat those rains. The…

Health Update: Monday was my monthly visit with my oncologist. Once again, my labs show the major cancer markers are normal, although one (M-spike) was gone and now has returned. This reflects 14 months of remission, for which I am deeply grateful. We don’t know what the return of the M-spike means (yet). My renal…

Well, I will come up for air–although briefly–to type a few words. Most of you know the story of me building the cottage by if you don’t, here is the background to this story. Many things have been stressful about building the cottage. Yes, I know it was my fault to venture out on such…

Tomorrow is a very big day, a day that I have both dreaded and looked forward to for a long time. We will put the roof on the cottage. This cottage was designed with SIPs (structural insulated panels) for the roof. These are eight foot by sixteen feet and weigh about 400 lbs each. It…

As a segue from quantum mechanics to more practical applications (be patient for the practical part), I want to continue this thought about probabilities. In the quantum world, it is impossible to locate or measure the speed of some particles because the act of observation will influence that speed and location. So, in quantum mechanics…