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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A Short Trip to Paradise
by ConroyArrivingThe famous PitonsI gazed at the gibbous moon gleaming low in the afternoon sky. I was ona south-flying plane looking east over the cobalt... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2012 CULTURE, TRAVEL -
The Best Songs from 2011
by ConroyWithonly days left in 2011, it's time for my annual Top 10 Songs list. As with theprevious versions (see my 2010 list here), this list will count down... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
The Villages: A New Way to Retire
by ConroyIlooked out through the large bus windows at the rolling central Florida hills. Thelate morning sunlight was muted by the tinted glass, and the... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
Whose Money?
by Conroy1 World Trade Center under constructionDriversapproaching lower Manhattan in 2011 have seen the steady rise of a newskyscraper, 1 World Trade Center. B... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, SOCIETY -
Dwindling Ranks
by ConroyAmerican ground crew like GMGF JimJust this past week Americamarked the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor;seventy years, a... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY -
The Shopping Season
by ConroyTis the -- shopping -- seasonWe’re in early December and for Americans that means we’re smack in themiddle of the holiday season. It also means we’re i... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY -
End of the Season
by ConroyRoger Federer with his 70th winner's trophyThe 2011 ATP season is over [1], and it ended just like last year. RogerFederer dominated the late fall,... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2011 SPORTS, TENNIS -
Political Failure
by ConroyI’ve never used this blog as a place to write about political issues orrail against political developments. As far as possible, I like to maintain... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Getting Old
by ConroyJeanne Calment - the oldest person on record (122 yrs.)What if we never had to get old? A couple of days ago I keptencountering this theme. First, ther... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
Big Budget Bland
by ConroyThe epitome of the mega-budget movieWe live in the era of the mega-budget movie. Those films that costhundreds of millions of dollars to make and tens... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ghost Stories
by ConroyA ghost on the stairs?This past Sunday, in anticipation of Halloween, CBS’ Sunday Morning featured a segment onghosts and haunted places. Read more
Posted on 02 November 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
Visiting History: The Battleship North Carolina
by Conroy[Author's note: I have heavily annotated this post, hopefully with "interesting" footnotes. For ease of reference, and to read the footnotes as they... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY -
A Unilingual World - A Counterpoint
I have personally struggled with the issue that Conroy discusses in his most recent post, trying to decide whether to make the tremendous (for me) effort to... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
A Multilingual World
by ConroyLanguage map of the worldThere are nearly 7,000 languages spoken in our world. Eighty-five languages have more than 10 million native speakers. At leas... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2011 CULTURE, LANGUAGES, SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
Poor English
by ConroyI was just reading an old essay from the late David Foster Wallace about tennis and Roger Federer (what else). In part of essay he was recounting some... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2011 CULTURE, SOCIETY -
The Music of 1991
by ConroyLoveless - among the great albums of 1991There's a new documentary out, Pearl Jam Twenty, that chronicles the eponymous band's two decade history. A... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Why We're Fans
by Conroy Rays celebrate their playoff-clinching winThis isn't a sports blog. But this blogger is a sports fan, and I occasionally write sports-centered and... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2011 BASEBALL, SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS -
Day and Night
by ConroyA day/night map of the worldJust a few days ago, September 23rd to be precise, was the September equinox. The date when the sun passes the Equator on... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2011 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE -
The Abuse of the NCAA - A Counter Point
Conroy's post about the NCAA is interesting for the legal and economic issues it raises, in particular the antitrust problem that the NCAA faces. Read more
Posted on 28 September 2011 SOCIETY -
The Abuse of the College Athlete
by ConroySeptember is always an exciting time in college life. The semester has just started, freshman are getting acclimated to campus life, students (most of... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY, SPORTS