Archives for November 8, 2015

Star Trek Trivia (and a story about Lailah)

I once read that Doctor McCoy said "He's dead, Jim" lots of times through out the original series. Here is proof (according to someone geeky enough to count them), indicating he did say this phrase 22 times - an average of once every 3 or 4 episodes.   By the way, in case you don't watch my Lailah videos (or haven't noticed while watching), I've been teaching her this particular phrase, and … [Read more...]

Question on Application to graduate form causes an issue

So. I'm sitting in class Friday evening, next to one of my project teammates, and she is filling out a Saint Thomas form, before the evening's lecture starts. I recognize the form since I filled it out myself in early Sept. - It's a declaration of your intention to graduate (she's filling it out a bit early since she apparently still needs one more class, spring term - no matter). Anyway, there … [Read more...]

Law Enforcement – “Use of Force”

Article about LEO and "Use of Force" (opens new window) A former Unisys colleague Paul Martig shared the above article on FB, and below are my subsequent thoughts upon reading that article: Interesting and very well written newspaper article about the "use of force" by the LaCrosse PD, and it gives reasons why all "use of force" situations need to be recorded (into a [national?] database - … [Read more...]