The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Morals

  • “When in Rome…”

    “When in Rome…”

    It’s sage advice, because it’s all about respect.

  • Integrity Should Be Bipartisan

    Here’s the most stand-up guy that I’d never vote for.

  • Morality Doesn’t Come from Religion

    The golden rule, though not always followed, is universal.

  • The Whistleblower

    People hate those who blow the whistle on their team.

  • We Have Always Had Needs

    There has always been a fascination with genitalia.

  • Money Trumps Morals

    It sounds like the beginning of a really bad joke.

  • That’s Acting

    How do you promote one belief system and yet espouse another?

  • The Stink Eye

    In order to get to my designated parking space here at work on the drawbridge, I have to drive along the bike lane for the whole length of the movable span. Most people are used to this, or don’t care. But every once in a while someone gives me a dirty look. And in Seattle,…

  • Transformations

    I have always been fascinated by transformations. The shedding of skin. Caterpillars to butterflies. Pollywogs to bullfrogs. Puppies and kittens to dogs and cats. Aging and maturing and the passage of time in all its many forms. There is something beautiful about becoming who you were always meant to be. For some reason, in humans…

  • “It’s How I Was Raised.”

    I was remembering a conversation I once had with a coworker when I worked for the Florida Department of Transportation. We were doing highway inspections out in the middle of nowhere. I mean, there was nothing or no one around for miles except fields of potatoes, and for some reason he chose that moment to…