Category Archives: Too XYZ
Screw Cartography
“When we get this project going, it’s gonna put this place on the map!” “It’s a problem now, but it’s going to put us on the map.” “We need to get this place on the map.” I’ve heard it all before. Sometimes from people or institutions that end up in some way, “on the map”. …
The King’s Speech and Our Problems.
Unless you have been locked away for the last few months you have heard of the critically acclaimed movie starring Colin Firth called The King’s Speech. The film, a bona fide hit at the box office, tells the story of King George VI of the United Kingdom’s speech impediment; from the age of about five …
Doubting What’s Nameless
(Author’s note: The original first few paragraphs on this otherwise still applicable post were quite deeply tied into the Too XYZ blog itself, and thus have been omitted here. –Ty) There are many named handicaps and disabilities out there. Many that, when properly identified can be lived with, or in some cases eliminated, provided the right resources, …
My (Non) Plan for 2011
All right. In all accuracy what I am about to describe is in fact a plan. So much for my cutesy, eye catching title. But it could be considered a non-plan in more ways than one. 2010 was about a plan. I joined Twitter, and launched this blog in an effort to not only describe …
Yes, Virginia, There Was a Writer
Due to it being the most reprinted newspaper editorial in the history of the English language (verified), most people, regardless of their faith, are familiar with this piece, known now to history as “Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus.” Unsigned at the time of its publication in The Sun in 1897, it was of …
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