I, James P. Borden, being of sound mind and body, hereby give my three children the right to take my car keys away from me as soon as they feel I should no longer be driving. If I protest your decision, simply show this post to me to remind me of this decision I made … Continue reading To My Three Sons: Take My Keys, Please →

I think I've found a solution to the leak problem at the White House. President Trump has been complaining that leaks are very damaging to him and the White House, and has publicly stated that Attorney General Jeff Sessions needs to get tougher with the leakers. “I want the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking … Continue reading Dear President Trump and Attorney General Sessions →

This saying is a line from the play King Henry the Fourth, Part Two, by William Shakespeare. According to dictionary.com, the meaning of this line is that a person who has great responsibilities, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly. As so often happens, Shakespeare's words are timeless. While to … Continue reading Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown →

The elven city of Losstii faced towering sea cliffs and abutted rolling hills that in the summer were covered with blankets of flowers and in the winter were covered with blankets, because the elves wanted to keep the flowers warm and didn’t know much at all about gardening. The sentence above was the winner of … Continue reading And the Winner Is… →

On June 21, Dear Abby published a question from a reader who identified as “first-time mom in New Jersey.” The mom asked how she can ask other parents whether they had guns in their homes before allowing her child to visit for playdates. Dear Abby suggested that bringing up the topic was “off-putting.” Well that advice apparently went … Continue reading “I have heard all of you loud and clear, and I apologize.” →

My Calc III final was today, and after spending the weekend at my office reviewing my notes and doing problem after problem, I was as ready as I would ever  be. You name it, I had probably done a problem (or two or three) on it. Double and triple integrals, cartesian, polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, … Continue reading I Need to Go Back to Third Grade →

I was chatting with our administrative assistant today at work, and she was telling me that she had just bought the Amazon Echo, and was enjoying listening to music on it. She told me some of the songs that she had played, and then she mentioned a Springsteen song that I had never heard of … Continue reading A Great Springsteen Song – How’d I Miss This One? →

It's been over a month since I've commented on anything written by one of my favorite behavioral economists - Dan Ariely. But fortunately he answered a letter in last week's Wall Street Journal, and I found his reply quite amusing. Here is the letter and his response: Dear Dan, I’m going to host a party … Continue reading Embarrassing Stories – A Wonderful Way to Get to Know One Another? →