Author Archives: Arlan

Surfeit

My complaint (for everything from me must be either a complaint or a critique) is simple:  a surplus of luxury. I have been feeling mopey for, oh, months anyway, and can’t seem to shake it. I thought if I enrolled in an MBA program I would be challenged and burdened enough to keep my preoccupied, but no; I fit that Read More


It Must All Equal Zero

A considerable part of my job is reading the tea leaves to determine why our market share is what it is and what it is likely to do next. We calculate our market share by submitting our sales and getting aggregated totals back. There are various details to this information, but to maintain confidentiality of contributing members’ specific information a Read More


Novelty and need

I’m living a pretty easy life right now, but I still find ways to complain about it. I told a friend I wished I had more friends. “Why?” he said. “What’s lacking in your life now that having more friends would provide?” Stupid question, right? A lack of friends would be cured by having more friends! And, you shouldn’t value Read More


Refreshing perspective

An uncommon sight on the internet: a homeschooled conservative Christian who does not believe the courtship is the answer! God should be the owner of a person’s heart and when a Christian young lady gives her heart to someone, it should be because it’s God’s will. There’s no stealing involved. No one can force you to love someone anymore than Read More