The death of George Floyd was tragic on many levels.  It was not because this was the most gruesome death ever of a black man that the[…]

A couple of days a go I was fishing on my little pontoon boat.  I wasn’t having any luck, even with my luckiest lure.  I decided that[…]

There is one thing that has really been good to me during this pandemic.  Fishing.  And, well, having time to catch up on a lot of content[…]

My financial advisor always tells me that there will be another 2008-type disruption to the stock market.  I could wish that he was wrong, but we just[…]

THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD We’ve all heard the expression, “the observational method”, but I think that many practitioners are confused/ill-informed of the actual application of the method.  I’ve[…]

I’ve written before about construction work and quality assurance/quality control.  When we do material testing for construction (whether it is earthwork, rock, aggregate, concrete, geosynthetics or whatever),[…]

Integrity.  What is it?  Merriam Webster defines it as a “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values”.  Interesting.  It isn’t just about doing[…]

NETWORKING Networking is pretty important for professionals, especially early in their careers.  What is networking?  It can and should mean many things.  There are conferences and tradeshows[…]