The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His outside read more

He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His outside pitch was really catching us.

There were so many variables to look at and consider, hauling and such. It wasn't only cost. But they also read more

There were so many variables to look at and consider, hauling and such. It wasn't only cost. But they also came in as the low-cost provider.

That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end.

That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end.

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have read more

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have an academic decathlon coach. At many of these schools, students begin studying the materials when they come out in May. They've been pushing decathlon at these schools for years.

It's prudent to take every precaution you can.

It's prudent to take every precaution you can.

Everyone came out intense. We hit them with a punch in the first quarter and added another punch in the read more

Everyone came out intense. We hit them with a punch in the first quarter and added another punch in the second quarter and they didn't have an answer for us.

Today as we celebrate the birth, the life, the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is a time for read more

Today as we celebrate the birth, the life, the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is a time for our nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought (against). It is a time to remember his fight for freedom, equality and dignity of all races and all people. He was an incredible man ... he forced our nation to look inside and face our own flaws.

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement read more

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.