Two old men. “How are you, Bob?” “Good to see you. Not too bad. You?” “Can’t complain. Trying to keep the blood flowing.” “Yeah. Been pretty cold. Hard to get out.” “Cold enough. Good to be on this side of the sod.” “Be seeing you.” “Take it easy.” “Until then.” Two old men. They raise…
You don’t want him. If he came back you would tell him to go away. All your complaints. All your schemes. All your proclamations are nothing. His truth is marching on. If he came back you would call him foul names for telling you the truth. You would hate him as you did then, revile…
I got a few questions. I hear a lot about artificial intelligence. I don’t capitalize the first letter of either word, because I have a few questions. I don’t capitalize words I’m not sure about and one of the reasons I’m not sure is a lot of people think those two words are really very…
The last time I saw my grandfather smile, really smile, he stood at the rail in a dance hall and an old woman came up to him and asked, “Jack, would you like to dance?” He hung his cane on the rail and took her hand as she took his and they waltzed out onto…
Attention Customers We Cannot Be Responsible As you sit in your car in the parking lot you see it, a sign posted over the shopping cart corral. There is fine print to be sure. There is always fine print, but the message is clear. You’re on your own. You’re welcome to come and shop. They…
I built the scaffold for Michelangelo. I labored with my sons to an indescribable height that the Master might reach the last few inches with his brushes. His name not ours is remembered. His legend endures. We dismantled the very work we gave that he might do his work in confidence, caring only for the…
Let me tell you something. It’s easy. You won’t understand unless you love to work. I mean it this way. Out in the open with an axe or a pick axe or a sledge hammer. They come in different weights. Let’s pick one up that weighs eight pounds. They make sixteen pounders, but we’ll keep…
I found my hammer. This may not come as big news to you, but to me yes. I lost it years ago, because I forgot where I put it. That’s the only reason, but you imagine all sorts of things. I left it on top of a rafter or a joist. I left it on…
I would like to tell a story, Your Honor, about the time I served jury duty in Van Nuys, California and saved a man’s life. I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help me God. He came up on felony charges. Violation of a restraining order, hit…
There’s only so much pain you can take. After that it doesn’t matter. For two reasons. They’re wasting their time. For two reasons. You don’t care any more. That’s one. The other is a bit more complicated. They’re wrong. At the moment they started hurting you they were wrong, but of course they thought they…
