From the monthly archives:

February 2010

THE PETER PRINCIPLE: the concept that in every organization all employees will rise to their level of incompetence.

February 28, 2010

The Peter Principle is the principle that “In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.” It was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle, a humorous treatise which also introduced the “salutary science of Hierarchiology”, “inadvertently founded” by Peter. It holds [...]

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ALLEGORY: A story that has a deeper or more general meaning in addition to its surface meaning.

February 27, 2010

Last night we went to Imax to see  Avatar.  I’m not a great fan of science fiction/fantasy  films, but every now and then one catches my attention and I want to experience it.  This was one of those occasions.  Thankfully! Seeing Avatar was an amazing experience.  Just attaching the 3-D glasses to my face sent [...]

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BIPARTISANSHIP: so much for the attempt

February 26, 2010

President Obama’s attempt to bring together Republicans and Democrats in an exploratory conversation about Health care seems not to have been very successful.  My take on it is that there has been too much partisan bickering and grandstanding over the past months.  The conversation held at Blair House yesterday was, in a sense, “too little/too [...]

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WELCOME TO THIS NEW FORMAT !!

February 25, 2010

We have spent the past month or more working on the re-design of this blog site. Now, here it is for your use and your pleasure. I hope you will find it pleasing to the sight, easy to navigate, and helpful in participating in this interactive venture. Thanks go to the outstanding team who led [...]

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COUNTING DOWN ON BLOG CHANGES: today is the day!

February 24, 2010

Today is the day! It’s raining cats and dogs outside, but that should not prevent the launch of my newly-minted blog site. We hope to have it up and running this afternoon…specific time uncertain. There are a few adjustments to be made, and then it’s off and running. I will be anxious to know what [...]

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ENTITLEMENT: a right to benefits that is granted esp. by law or contract

February 23, 2010

In his message to the public last Friday, Tiger Woods said that he engaged in extra-marital affairs because he had been led by success, money, and fame to a point where he believed he was entitled to do whatever he wanted. In a strange way, it is similar to the comments made by John Edwards [...]

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UNDER THE BUS: a place of betrayal

February 22, 2010

The first time I heard the phrase “thrown under the bus” I knew immediately what it meant. It’s one of those phrases that doesn’t need a lot of explanation. The dictionary definitions for this term stress that a person is thrown under the bus because she or he is being sacrificed to benefit someone else. [...]

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THE BUCK STOPS…

February 21, 2010

The night hasn’t finished its long and restless vigil quite yet. No poetic thunderstorms or Clintonian phone calls at 3:00 a.m. Just a sleepless and disturbing expanse of darkness and silence which refuses to produce much-needed refreshment to a troubled President. Finally acknowledging the night as the winner of the battle, the President slips on [...]

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CHAMPION: first among all contestants or competitors.

February 20, 2010

Evan Lysacek brought home the gold medal to the United States in the Men’s Figure Skating category of the 2010 Winter Olympics on Thursday evening. Not surprisingly, he was then thrust into the middle of a controversy, requiring him to defend his medal by the Russians who wanted to write new rules. Because he didn’t [...]

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COLD: the absence of heat

February 19, 2010

My wife and I have a running issue over the definition of the word cold. I have to admit that the one I have given in the title to this posting is my own, based upon what I have claimed is a technical explanation for why we experience cold. I don’t know how much weight [...]

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