Welcome, Englishmen!
Samoset watched the settlers from the edge of the woods. The trees behind him were quiet, but the wind carried…
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Dad was an Artist
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A Statement: Abide No Hatred
This post was inevitable. It is impossible to be a thinking person today without being aware of, and disturbed by,…
Buffalo in Greenland and Lifelong Learning
How evidence of plains buffalos in Greenland speak to lifelong learning
Manipulated Americans: Don’t be a Tool
There was a rash of news stories this week showing MAGA Republicans at a rally voicing support for Vladimir Putin…
2023, A Look Back
A look back at 2023 with Matt and Matt
MLS Olympics
What a crazy idea, right? What if all the MLSs competed every four years to see who was the best?…
2023 Spotify List
The list is always kind of, what, a little surprising I guess. Weathervanes came out this year so I expected…
Impatience is an Argument with Reality
My new friend Bernie Koehrsen posted this the other day. He ran across it reading a book about patience. In…
What should an MLS subscription cost?
In the old paradym there is one system and one price for all members of the MLS, generally referred to…
Be Collegial
Triangle MLS: Innovating through Close Collaboration At Triangle MLS, we believe that collegiality is essential to success. That’s why we’re…
Getting MLS Out of The Way
Standard Operating Procedure for MLSs has, admittedly, been bad for innovation. Terrible, really. For my thirty years in the business,…
Office Culture, when conversations turn toxic
When we updated our Employee Manual to adjust for Remote Work, we added a section called “Professional Interpersonal Communication”. The…
Like explosives; a little is useful, too much is dangerous
A friend once wrote that inequality was like dynamite your basement. A little is useful, to use on a farm…
Freedom v Liberty
The concepts of freedom and liberty are closely related but have slightly different nuances in their meanings. While they are…
