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  • Scared Straight

    Usually I write these messages with a humorous positive slant.  Well, I hope they were written that way.  The sole reason they were written that way is because people react to positive messages more than negative messages. It’s true.  Am I right?  However, let us switch gears and call this message

  • Is it worth it?

    As a 20 year officer and three time commander, I have had my share of highs and lows during my career.  The high of announcing annual award results and the low of performing court martial charges.  The high of seeing my unit ace an inspection and the low of having a co-worker diagnosed with a fatal

  • Sign, sign everywhere a sign

    There was a song in 1971 by the Five Man Electrical Band that went, “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?”The lyrics are quite relevant to the picture above.  What exactly is one supposed to do? What area does

  • Kwa sababu naweza because I can

    Everyone has a personal mantra that speaks to the values in which they strive to live their lives by.Oscar Wilde’s mantra was, “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.”Eleanor Roosevelt’s was, “Do one thing every day that scares you.”Ellen Degeneres said, “Accept who you are. Unless you are a mass

  • In five seconds

    What can you do in five seconds?  In five seconds, the average person blinks once.  Every five seconds, 500,000 chemical reactions have taken place in every single cell of your body.  Every five seconds, 17 million emails are sent worldwide. Every five seconds, about 21 babies are born in the