In Tribute to the Boston Bruins

What are you doin', dear Boston Bruin, as you open your eyes on today?
The sun has now risen, as has the derision, last night's gone but the pain's here to stay.

You sure must be hurtin', almost for certain, as you gingerly pull on your socks,
And start movin' on, your precious dreams sadly gone, plucked up by those circling Hawks.

But it's not just the losin', that's done all the bruisin', much more it's the way it went down.
Mere seconds to go, a big win fo sho, at home with your delirious town.

Don't take to task, young Tuukka Rask, for those goals by Bolland and Bickell.
Don't blame the defense, or lack of offense, twas Karma that soured this pickle.

As spring turns to summer, it's surely a bummer, to end things with oh, so much grief.
You could've fallen in Round 1, for all that you've done, as did the once proud Maple Leaf. 

So we're thinking of you, are the proud White and Blue, on this sorrowfully hard morning after.
The shock that you're feeling, leaves all us reeling, but we're hiding our pain behind laughter.

Do You Want to Be a Politician? (A Simple Tool to Help You Decide)

I like to make sense of things.

Sometimes, given my background in mathematics and computer science, I rely on good old flow charts and process diagrams to sort out how things work; to make sense of them.

Politicians have never made sense to me. To be more precise, I've never understood why the pool of political candidates from which we choose our leaders seems so devoid of good and smart people (especially given how many good and smart people I encounter all the time in other walks of life).

So I have created the flow chart below to express my opinion on why only a certain type of person ends up in politics. I'm hoping it will also be helpful for anyone who's wondering whether or not they're cut out for that particular line of work. (In case you don't know how to read a flowchart, start in the upper left corner. And sorry, you're going to have to scroll).