Devotionals

“Species Egalitarianism” is a philosophical term for the belief that all species have equal moral status.  It’s an ethic, as it turns out, that may come back to bite you.  Timothy Treadwell was an environmentalist and animal rights activist that spent 13 summers studying, photographing and advocating for bears.  In October 2003, during his pro-bear project, he and his girlfriend were killed and eaten by one. The [...]

There’s a website for everything so it’s no surprise that there are some dedicated to providing tips on how to appear busy at work.  Suggestions include spreading documents across your desk, conspicuously posting a few sticky notes and setting out an open binder.  Other recommendations involve manufacturing movement, like writing (just for the sake of writing) or rapping noisily on a keyboard. You might scoff at [...]

One of the most significant cash heists in history took place last week.  A crew breached the wall of a money storage facility in Los Angeles and, in Hollywood fashion, cracked the safe and escaped undetected with $30 million of untraceable cash.  The denominations of the stolen currency is unknown, but it’s estimated that even if it was all $100 bills the haul would weigh about [...]

“Step into my office” are words no employee wants to hear.  Like being called to the principal’s office or worse, hearing your father sternly say, “We need to talk,” they’re moments that instantly put a pit in your stomach.  Even when deserved, no one enjoys receiving correction.  But the question is, how do you respond to it? During my police career I served as a motor officer [...]

Conversations about money effectively reveal the immaturity of children.  One minute they ask if you can buy a car with a “million-trillion dollars” and the next confidently assert that one hundred dollars will buy a house.  Children have to be taught both, the nominal value of a dollar (100 cents), and the real value of that dollar (i.e., it’s purchasing power).  They must be familiarized with bank accounts and the dangers [...]

Studies to determine if multitasking is actually possible have been taking place since the 60s and they say it’s still debatable.  Apparently, there is a “processing bottleneck” that some scientists say prevents a person from simultaneously completing more than one task at a time equally well.  One doctor called it a “mythical activity.”  Be that as it may, everyone can attest to the need to perform multiple [...]