Jay Payleitner Blog

Don't try to figure out a pattern to my blogging. There isn't one. 

The Equinox Impasse

September 22, 2026

Today is the autumnal equinox. That’s when the sun crosses directly over the Earth’s equator. In theory, night and day are both exactly 12 hours. Spring begins in Australia. Fall […]

You Cannot Steer a Truck Unless It’s Moving

September 21, 2026

The last generation of road warriors—before pulling out of the driveway—typically spent quite a bit of time studying maps and anticipating road construction detours. From experience, they knew that an […]

Reach One Star Over

September 18, 2026

“A well-executed Plan B might lead right back to Plan A. Or it may lead to a Plan C you never imagined.” — Jay Payleitner   So you’ve decided to […]

On Speaking Last

September 16, 2026

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” — James 1:19   A lot of […]

Heroes Among Us

September 11, 2026

“No day shall erase you from the memory of time. ” — Virgil, inscribed on a wall in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Friends: Much will be said—and […]

Coyote v. Acme: a 36-year appreciation

September 7, 2026

“Meep meep” — Roadrunner (Accelerati incredibilis)   Friends: Stay with me here. Back in 1990, for New Yorker magazine, Ian Frazier wrote a delightful and convincing two-page legal petition in […]

Mile Marker 12:1

September 3, 2026

“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” — Hebrews 12:1   Friends: It’s a great verse. You can certainly imagine Hebrews 12:1 on a poster featuring […]

Carpe Annum

September 2, 2026

A MANIFESTO FOR THE YEAR AHEAD   Move expectantly into the next twelve months with grace and assurance. What you will achieve, whom you will be, one year from today […]

The Lunar Eclipse No-Brainer

August 27, 2026

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, […]

The Case for Thinking Christians

August 25, 2026

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off, as if nothing had happened.” –Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) British Statesman and Prime […]

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