Choices
What’s in a name? Sometimes nothing. Sometimes everything. Background When I was born, my name was Randolph Edouard Paulin. My birth father’s name was Edouard Paulin, so it is quite obvious where I got most of my name. But I…
Read MoreAlthough I was eventually able to attend university, my path to a degree was not straight or overly well-lit. It was a maze with no overhead view of the next few turns or even if there were any turns ahead.…
Read MoreIt truly is a wonderful world. Given the current events swarming us, gobbling up all of our attention and cloaking us in multiple layers of fear, it may seem odd to say that world is wonderful, but let’s look at…
Read MoreCertain quotes grab my attention. One from Satchel Paige did just that. I had heard this quote a number of times before and although it caught my attention in the past, it didn’t really penetrate my superficial consciousness until recently.…
Read MoreComputers are amazingly consistent. Same input, same output. I work in the IT world. When investigating computer issues I often ask what has changed. The response I almost always hear is “nothing”. Whether or not the person I am talking…
Read MoreKen His name was Ken and he was my Big Brother. (No, this is not a reveal of someone hidden within our lineage – I was involved with Big Brothers when I was a young teen!) I was 14 when…
Read MoreI wanted to change my name at least twice in the past. Grade 2 In grade two I asked my mom if I could change my name. I was a big Superman fan and I had some plans. My mom…
Read MoreWe have to make decisions all the time, sometimes based on little information. Some experts say adults make over 35,000 decisions a day – with nearly 250 of those on food alone! Obviously a very large portion of those we…
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