Recent Posts
- My Social Security Day: We Know the Cliff Is Coming, So Why are We Still Arguing About the Guardrail?
- The Power Plant That Comes to You: Why Small Modular Reactors Could Change Everything
- The Retirement Problem: What Happens When You Don’t Have to Die?
- The High-Altitude Hangover: When Hype Meets the Weighing Machine
- Beyond Death: When Longer Lives Meet a Finite Planet
Recent Comments
Tag Archives: Star Wars
Take the Extra Minute: An Imperial Safety Briefing for the TK-Trooper
As search and rescue volunteers, we live by the creed of preparedness, planning and visibility. We preach the gospel of readiness, the wisdom of planning and the essential need for high-visibility gear. The Empire, on the other hand, apparently skipped … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Search and Rescue
Tagged armor, Dark Side, Galactic Empire, May the 4th, New Order, Rebel Alliance, safety, search and rescue, Star Wars, stormtroopers, TakeTheExtraMinute
Leave a comment
The New Power Suit
When I was in graduate school, I landed a job with an international corporation. It was suit and tie and I loved it. I wasn’t just pretending to be an adult. I made it. I was the first of my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged dress code, Fall of Rome, fashion, flannel, Jedi Knight, pajama culture, pajamas, Star Wars, suit and tie
Leave a comment
May the Culture be With You: The Cultural Significance of Star Wars
For those blissfully unaware, May the Fourth is upon us. It’s the one day a year where we collectively agree to pepper our conversations with terrible puns and rewatch a saga that, let’s be honest, has more plot holes than … Continue reading