Why is one bandwidth-hungry town building its own 1Gbps fiber network for its citizens when AT&T already offers them 6Mbps DSL? That’s the question AT&T would like to ask city leaders in Chanute, Kansas, a small town of roughly 9,000 people that is petitioning the state to allow it to offer greater access to the high-speed fiber network that it built to support town utility operations. SOURCE:  AT&T wants to know why a town is building a 1Gbps network when it already offers 6Mbps DSL. Starting this post I will admit that I spent a very large chunk of my time in the corporate … Continue reading Doing Something About It….

I think all of us who spent much time in the corporate world had a dream like this one of drowning in paperwork. It could become overwhelming at times.  The foundation of this rendering was taken at the Grounds For Sculpture in Northern New Jersey.  It is a fascinating place to visit. Continue reading Drowning

With this post I am starting another series which will be cataloged as American Aristocracy. The basic foundation for this series is that if nothing in done to prevent it our nation will likely move from a democracy to an aristocracy in the coming decades, maybe even years.  The first installment in this new category is about the “Death Tax”     The quote above came from Adam Smith. His book entitled “The Wealth of Nations” written in 1753 is considered the bedrock modern economics.  Here is a little of what Wikipedia says about him: Smith laid the foundations of … Continue reading Adam Smith… and the Death Tax…

These won’t get teens into college, but will make them better people 1. Write a letter. An actual letter that does not begin with “Hey” and is written, in handwriting, on real paper. 2. Learn to cook a good meal that can feed the entire family, no matter what size family you have. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the average American household has 2.58 people. One nice chicken roasted on a bed of vegetables might even provide leftovers. 3. Hold down an unpleasant job that makes you hate your parents a little bit because they won’t let you quit. … Continue reading 10 Things Teens Really Need to Know Before They Leave Home

There are many places in NYC where the sun just doesn’t shine or the gps don’t work. This pic was taken in June of last year. I suspect it looks quite different today.. Much whiter…  ;)   Continue reading Where The Sun Doesn't Shine

New York City, NY I’m an old country boy so the longer I stayed in NYC the more people-overdosed I became. I can’t imagine living my life with millions of others within walking distance of my abode. Continue reading Oh The Humanity….

Minneapolis, MN – Mayowood Mansion The Maywood Mansion outside Minneapolis is an interesting place to visit. It is opulent but not exceedingly so as I expect, like Edison, the owners spent most of their time at their clinic. The Mayo Clinic, like the Cleveland Clinic, are the biggest successes in our healthcare system. It is too bad that we can’t envision this type of single-payer system throughout our healthcare industry. Continue reading Mayowood

It is hard to realize all the diversity in flowers…. Continue reading Diversity

In this age of electronic banking the way to shut down any organization is to go after their access to money. It looks like that is just what is currently happening with North Korea at least to an extent. “We need to step up and target those financial institutions in Asia and beyond that are supporting the brutal and dangerous North Korean regime.” When challenged by Royce about “a number of small banks” still doing business with North Korea and the need to choke off the country’s access to hard currency, Glaser replied: “That’s exactly what we are trying to … Continue reading Going After the Money…. We Can’t..