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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Hope and Disappointment
by ConroyForgive me some philosophical musings, but a couple of recent events have rekindled a line of thinking.[Note an important caveat, the following post... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2011 DIVORCE, FAMILY, MARRIAGE -
A Long Time Coming
by ConroyOn Sunday, May 1, 2011, Osama bin Laden, terrorist and mass murderer, was killed in a targeted raid by American Special Forces at a compound near... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2011 SOCIETY -
One Million Steps
by Conroy I'm declaring my intention to take 1,000,000 steps over the next 100 days. That's an average of 10,000 steps per day, which is just under five miles o... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2011 FITNESS, SPORTS -
Bad Cover Version
by ConroyNo one has ever improved on a Beatles originalI’m issuing a challenge to readers. Find one example of a cover of a Beatles song that is better than... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
What's in a Name
I promised to cover the esoteric and mundane on this blog, and I don’t know how much more mundane I can get than to discuss professional sports team names.... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2011 SPORTS -
The Perfect Climate - Part 3
by ConroyTo read the first two parts of this climate series, use these links: The Perfect Climate - Part 1The Perfect Climate - Part 2"...[Detroit's] winters ar... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2011 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER -
Men in Space
A few weeks ago I was at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Only days before, the long delayed final mission of Shuttle Discovery had ended... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
No More Cars
by ConroyWill all London streets be this empty in 2050?There was a story out today that the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, is... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE, SOCIETY -
A Change in the Air
by ConroyDjokovic celebrates a win over Nadal at Indian WellsThe last time I wrote about tennis on this blog, Roger Federer had just defeated Rafael Nadal to wi... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2011 SPORTS, TENNIS -
Word Play in Bullet Park
After reading Conroy's post about the mot juste, I decided to run a search on my Kindle for narthex, one of the words that Conroy identifies as being part of th... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2011 CULTURE -
There's a Word for That...
by ConroyIt should hardly surprise that a blog writer would love language and words, but you know what subset of this topic really interests me? Terminology,... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2011 CULTURE, LANGUAGES -
Build It Tall
by ConroyThe iconic spire of the Chrysler BuildingWhen I was a little kid I was awed by tall buildings. I thought skyscrapers were the coolest thing (along... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE -
Top 250 - Update
by ConroyRecently my favorite radio station, WTMD, out of Towson, Maryland (and affiliated with Towson University) played a list of the "500 Desert Island Songs... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
True Art
by ConroyMonet's views will live forever.In recent posts (here and here) I've noted that making a short-term judgment on the value of a work of art is... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Man Vs. Machine: Barely a Contest
by ConroyWatson "between" Rutter and JenningsLast night I watched glumly as Watson, IBM's custom-built supercomputer, completed a comprehensive three-day (and... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2011 GADGETS, SCIENCE, TECH -
Best Picture...Probably Not
by ConroyDoes this statue have any value?The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony is still over two weeks away, but I want to be the first to write that this year's... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2011 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Wikipedia: Not for the Weak
The first time I made a revision to a Wikipedia article, I took care to ensure that my work was free from error. I previewed the article several times to see ho... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2011 CULTURE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH -
Punctuality (or How I Learned to Tolerate People Being Late)
by ConroyI was in a meeting yesterday with my firm's senior partner. My boss and I arrived about a minute before the meeting was to start. Partially in jest, bu... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE, SOCIETY -
Happy Birthday Wikipedia
by ConroyWikipedia turned 10 this month. The online, user-controlled encyclopedia is one of the favorite websites of this blog (as many readers will know from... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2011 TECH -
The Perfect Climate - Part 2
by ConroyIn Part 1 I detailed my climate formula and the ranking of U.S. metropolitan areas. In this post I want to explore the rankings in more detail,... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2011 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER