by Eddie Kalaher | Feb 24, 2022 | Reflections
Thumbs of Steel My grandfather, Elbert, was deaf and mute his entire life. Couldn’t hear a damn thing, and couldn’t speak. He could only make some noises, more grunts really…which changed in pitch, depending on his emotion or intent. Papa, as I...
by Eddie Kalaher | Nov 23, 2021 | Reflections
If the Devil is in the Details, Where are All the Angels? When this phrase, which I’ve said thousands of times, popped in my head this morning…it took on more than its normal meaning. Typically, I would use this phrase (as I assume would most of you) to...
by Eddie Kalaher | Oct 2, 2021 | Reflections
Look Mom, Ze Plane I have a semi-vivid, age-warped, nostalgic memory from approximately 1977 that flashes before me every now and then, and depending on the mood I’m in…evokes a wide range of emotion from curious to calm, and from melancholy to joy. The memory is that...
by Eddie Kalaher | Sep 22, 2021 | Reflections
The Infrequency of Justice As I was growing up, I knew a man who stood for, and in fact fought for…Truth, Justice and the American Way. I mean, this guy was super. He had super-human strength, X-ray vision, and he could fly! He couldn’t lie, and he loved his mama....
by Eddie Kalaher | May 3, 2021 | Reflections
I Have Become Death Robert Oppenheimer paraphrased these famous words in 1945, after witnessing the result of his creation… the atomic weapon. It was a breakthrough that he felt was necessary to save our world, but one that he later actually regretted. It would seem...
