by Jim Stitzel | Nov 22, 2005 | General
At long last, after months of sending job applications and waiting, after two interviews (one involving a long drive out to Philly and back), the waiting has come to an end. The Office of Enrollment Analyst at Purdue University called me this evening and offered me...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 22, 2005 | General
I’m working on trying to be less cynical. I overheard a comment today about hard how people have been working this week, and my first thought was to remark about how poor the guy’s work ethic was. It wasn’t until I’d followed that train of...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 22, 2005 | General
im•pol•i•tic » Guns, Guns Everywhere bq. I guess I’m really just that uncomfortable around guns. I think this demonstrates the difference between being raised around guns and not. Having been raised with guns in my home, I have a healthy...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 21, 2005 | General
The Indianapolis Star announced this past Tuesday the installation of a new work of public art — an image of an open hand to be displayed at various locations around the city. The Indianapolis Museum of Art, in conjuction with the Arts Council of Indianapolis,...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 21, 2005 | General
Actions really do speak louder than words. And that can be a real barrier in the process of restitution. A mistake can be difficult to set right when a pattern of behavior predicts continued failure. Apologies are made, words of forgiveness exchanged, but such words...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 20, 2005 | General
Christianity is a faith, I believe, that functions in the background. Or at least it should. The Christian faith is a personal one. It functions as the relationship of individual to Deity, but it is also a function of individual to individual. The most effective...
