Conroy
Conroy is a transportation engineer/renaissance man with the mind of an analyst and the eye of an artist. Bursting with energy, sharp as a razor, and fast with the facts, Conroy is a deep thinker with a love for sports, history, literature, movies, music, physics, philosophy...the list goes on and on. He is proud to call Baltimore, MD, his personal stomping ground, but he also loves to travel around the world.
The Man is a lawyer with an enthusiastic love for learning and a passion for figuring things out. He's especially fascinated by the law and economics movement these days, but his interests include language and logic, science and philosophy, and just about everything else. He lives and works in Fort Lauderdale, FL with his lovely wife and two wonderful cats.
MY BLOGS
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Conroy and the Man
http://conroyandtheman.blogspot.com/
Conroy and The Man debuted in September 2010, with wide-ranging posts, on well, anything that interests us.
We guarantee only the following - this blog is home to the greatest writing; most original, groundbreaking insights; brilliantly entertaining repartee; and the timeless power of genius...okay, perhaps a bit of hyperbole.
What we can promise is the energy of two men inspired by the complexity and variety of this universe and hungry to express that interest to our readers. We cover topics from the esoteric to the mundane, but always with enthusiasm.
Conroy is an engineer with the mind of an analyst and the eye of an artist. Bursting with energy and sharp as a razor, his interests include sports, history, literature, film, music, physics, philosophy...the list goes on and on.
The Man is a lawyer with an enthusiasm for learning and a passion for figuring things out. Interests include law, economics, language and logic, science and philosophy, and just about everything else.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 114 )
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America's Sinking Cities
Coastal towns facing a losing battle against the sea? Read more
Posted on 03 July 2012 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
Reentering the Tunnel of Love
by Conroy “There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-d / I’m laughing at you, you're laughing at me / There's a room of shadows that gets so dark brother /... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Prometheus and the Alien Saga: Revisited
by Conroy A few months ago I posted on the then upcoming film Prometheus and how it may or may not relate to the Alien movie franchise. Read more
Posted on 15 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Ultimate Map
by Conroy One of the first books my parents gave to me as a child was an atlas, a gift that I credit with kindling my life-long fascination with world geography. Read more
Posted on 08 June 2012 CULTURE -
Hurricane Guesswork
by Conroy This past week tropical storm Alberto churned off the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas, ushering in an early start to the Atlantic hurricane season... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER -
Still Searching for the Great American Novel
by Conroy I’m slowly making my way through the American literary cannon, a book at a time, in search of the elusive Great American Novel. I just completed... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Heart of the Season
by Conroy I last wrote about tennis three months ago after Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in the longest grand slam final [1] in tennis history to claim... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2012 SPORTS, TENNIS -
The Long Fall of John Goodman
by Conroy John Goodman on trialIf you’re intrigued by sensational courtroom drama involving the lurid details of the rich and famous, you’ll be fascinated by th... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2012 SOCIETY -
The Perfect Climate - Part 5
by Conroy Rio, unsurprisingly, has one of the best climates in the worldI spent the first four parts of this series exploring my climate ranking system and... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2012 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
The Perfect Climate - Part 4
by Conroy Do you prefer the weather of warm Miami or...Ask yourself this question: What city has a better climate Miami or San Francisco? Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
Safe Water
by ConroyGathering unsafe water in IndiaI’m fond of saying that the modern world started when indoor plumbing,fresh water and modern sanitation, became widely... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2012 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
Prometheus and the Alien Saga
by ConroyThis past weekend there was quite a bit of buzz emanating from theWonderCon [1] convention in Anaheim as revered director Ridley Scott revealed more... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
"Bus Good, Train Bad"
by ConroyRendering of a "future" high-speed rail train in CaliforniaSometimesexciting ideas are bad. Take the title quote, which I read in a recent Bloomberg... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2012 HISTORY, TRAVEL -
Baltimore on Screen
by ConroyThis week Grantland.com, ESPN’s self-styled “sports and pop-culture” offshoot,is hosting Smacketology [1] an interactive March-madness-style... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO -
Shifting Americans
Bright big Dallas Locals say everything is bigger in Texas, and maybe no place exemplifies this boast more than Dallas – “Big D” – a booming metropolis of... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2012 CULTURE, SOCIETY -
Geographic Oddities: The Exclave
by ConroyThe Kentucky BendThe Mississippi River flows in a meandering path across its wide, flatfloodplain; appearing on the map like a slack garden hose,... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2012 CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, HISTORY -
The Inferno of World War II
by Conroy“War is prodigiously wasteful, because much of the effort made by rivalcombatants proves futile, and the price is paid in lives. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Warrior Tennis
by ConroyDjokovic and Nadal weary after nearly six hours of playHave we seen the limit of tennis? I mean, really, can the sport get anybetter? Much has already... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2012 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, SPORTS, TENNIS -
Extreme Temperatures of the USA
Two of the most viewed posts on this blog are the “Perfect Climate” posts from last January (Part 1 here and Part 2 here). The whole point of those posts was... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS, WEATHER -
The God Particle
by ConroyPart of the 17-mile-long LHC particle acceleratorLate last year there was breathless excitement within the physicscommunity as several experiments... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2012 CULTURE, PHYSICS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY