This is my attempt to address the Ride-On leaf blower and its maniacal human operator. The Ride-On leaf blower was impounded shortly after I submitted my observations—the pen is mightier than the leaf blower. Almost all students, faculty, and staff understand that a clean campus is a wonderful place to study and work—it reflects our… Continue reading

January 29, 2009 New employee orientation— As the HR rep covers the school’s weather line, she mentions the forecast for sleet on Wednesday morning. My imagination conjures colliding air masses, arctic expresses, and that most elusive ingredient – precipitation. Rainy days turn Texas highways into a mess—bumper to bumper traffic and hazard lights blinking everywhere. Continue reading