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Scary Rhetoric and Hypocrisy
I can't imagine that there are much louder events than the crashing noise a meteor makes when it is hitting a planetary object. To look at a crater made by a meteoric impact leads me to assume it is a...
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You Can Quote Me On That (Before 2010)
I was driving down the road the other day and thinking, you know, I too could have a list of quotes, just like the real writers have. So in the interest of filling up a page of useless knowledge, I...
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Grow Up
Let me begin by saying, I am the number one fan of Animal House. I would never do anything to disparage the film or any of its characters. And I am not being Dean Wormer here. But it's time to put...
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The Prankster As Leader – It Doesn’t Work
As a follow up to some issues I discussed on my last post, I submit to you this case study: I have never called our Dispatch to have anyone sent to a false alarm. Years ago, however, I was prompted...
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Buddy or Boss?
Occasionally in a new batch of officers, that dilemma is brought up. "How can I be that officer I always looked up to, yet not alienate my friends?" Well, here's the down and dirty; It can never be...
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Zen Zone #8
I could make a case for purchasing snow removal equipment for our community based upon the "Blizzard of 1989". We had six inches of snowfall on sunny Hilton Head Island over the Christmas weekend. I...
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Zen Zone #12
The dichotomy of being "part of the gang" and being the leader the other day reminded me of a story: A student sought a teacher to instruct on the path to enlightenment. When the teacher agreed and...
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Not Lovin’ It
Believe it or not, this post started out a lot longer, but I radically chopped it up and got to the point. And lest you think this blog has gone to the evaluation of restaurants, this is actually a...
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Taking Risks When There Is Nothing To Save
You’ve heard me say it before: I’m not a “Safety Nazi” nor am I a “cowboy”. I’m where many of you are; willing to do the job and lay it all on the line when needed, but not willing to sacrifice my...
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What You Want vs. What You Need
So, continuing on my theme of pissing off the vast majority of the fire service with the intention of waking you up, I am going to go ahead and tell you that there is a huge difference between what...
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