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Genius or Jerk? Happy Birthday Steve Jobs (handwriting analysis)
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Steve Jobs changed the world in which we live. This is true whether you use Apple or not. Happy birthday to this genius who would have been 62 today (February 24) had he not died of cancer in October, 2011. He was adopted at birth by a second set of parent’s when his birth…
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Happy Birthday, Michael Jordan! (handwriting analysis.)
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Happy Birthday to Michael Jordan! (February 17th, 1963) This week’s handwriting analysis is a player whose name is synonymous with basketball. It’s been argued Michael Jordan is one of the best NBA players in history. Former high-flying Chicago Bulls shooting guard known as “Air Jordan”, he has been a six-time NBA champion, two-time gold…
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Happy 50th birthday Vince Gilligan! (Handwriting Analysis)
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Happy fiftieth birthday to one of my idols and inspirations, Vince Gilligan. Hard to believe he’s only a half century old. His writing has impacted most of us through our adulthood and it’s hard to imagine life without his contributions. Of course, I’m a huge Breaking Bad fan (NM is where I call home),…
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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens!
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Feb 7th 1812 is the birthday of one of the greatest writers of all time – Charles Dickens. Dickens is so legendary in fact that many historians credit him with igniting the festive way modern society celebrates Christmas. It’s not difficult to see how. The classic story “A Christmas Carol” is a parable about…
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HL Mencken vs. The State of Arkansas
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Today (Feb 3rd) in the year 1931 the Arkansas state legislature passed motion to “pray for soul of HL Mencken” after he called the state the “apex of moronia” among other things. Let’s rewind a bit. HL Mencken wrote for the Evening Sun in the 1930’s. Around that time he wrote 3 columns about…
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Not an ideal place for incompetence (it’s not about hating Trump)
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It’s not about hating Trump. It’s about incompetence. Humor me and let’s pretend you have a child in the fourth grade. When you meet your son or daughter’s new teacher, Mr. Drumfp, you discover this is his first-year teaching. You congratulate him on getting through school and know his first-time teaching will be challenging…