Doctor Visits Rock
Doc Blanchard ushers me into his office. Just before closing the door he leans toward the receptionist’s office and shouts “Nurse, grease up the Koho!” I’m in for the annual checkup required to participate in […]
Author: Thomas Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan is the author of So Much Time, So Little Change (a book of essays published by Wayman Publishing). It is available at Amazon in print and Kindle. Thomas lives in Seattle.
Not Going Postal
It bums me out that they’re trying to kill off the Post Office. A congressional act in 2006 required the Post Office to pre-fund 100% of its future obligations for 75 years worth of employee […]
Teachable Moment
Tell me how this is any different from one of those old Three Stooges routines. A public school in Texas recently held a gun-safety training class for teachers and other employees. At the end of […]
Sisters Unite!
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about “Queen Bees”. A Queen Bee refers to a woman who rises to an executive position at a company and then bullies the people below her. Basically, […]
The Big One
Some people think that our planet is just like the relationship between Levi Johnston and Sarah Palin – it can’t get any warmer. But it can, and it is. Just look at the mega-storms like […]
Always Innovating
I enjoy coming up with ideas for new businesses. My friends inevitably point out why they won’t work, but I ignore them and just marshal on. I’m sure someone tried to tell Henry Ford that […]
What’s In A Name?
I like checking out brand names in the grocery store because I’m amused by phrases that mean absolutely nothing. For example, consider a beer that is called “Private Reserve.” It’s made in mass quantities and […]
Time To Admit We’re All Turkeys
When culture-clashes flare, I tend to root for the liberal team over the conservative one. For me it’s a lot like being a sports fan – I’d much rather support a team that’s going to […]
Proof There Is A God
Dad and I are sitting in the stands at a Hartford Whalers hockey game. Our seats are twenty rows up from the glass in a corner of the rink. Two rows below us sits a […]
New Discoveries About Human Evolution
Scientific theories arrive, gain acceptance, and eventually get disproved. At one point in time doctors believed that bleeding a patient would help rid them of a disease. But once enough people bled to death, the […]