Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

It’s Lying if They Don’t Know You’re Joking

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Brian

Tonight I watched the finale of Survivor’s 15th season. I remember the first season application deadline was Spring of 1999. It’s clearly become an American Icon. Tonight Dreamz’ decision to reneg on his promise to Yau Man was distasteful to … Continue reading →

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What is To Give Light…

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Brian

“What is to give light must endure burning” – Viktor Frankl. I saw this quote for the first time yesterday.  I Googled Viktor Frankl and found that he built an entire third pillar of psychotherapy, Logotherapy, after Freud’s psychoanalysis and … Continue reading →

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Get Good at Changing

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Brian

I’m interested in selling my house. One of the web searches showed several hundren houses for sale in my local area, too. Over lunch today, I was flipping through a copy of Trade-A-Plane that exhibits 100s of airplanes for sale.  … Continue reading →

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Plan For Your End Game

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Brian

Are you taking tax deductions on your home office? Do you know how the tax rules when you leave that house? Are you getting married? Talk to someone about the death of their spouse, or someone who’s been through a … Continue reading →

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Tool Becomes the Tasker

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Brian

A second reversal came to my attention today. I realized months ago, that in the T&E (Test and Evaluation) world, M&S (Modeling and Simulation) has ceased to become the money and time saver it used to be. That’s because such … Continue reading →

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