I like to productively procrastinate. Instead of eating the frog[1], I go down the to do list and start checking off easy items or power putz [2] my way around the house.…
Lieutenant General Hal Moore most famously commanded a battalion as a Lieutenant Colonel in the battle of la Durang in Vietnam.1 I don’t normally get to compare myself to true American…
I sat down in my window seat1 with the best of intentions. I had a couple of books downloaded 2 and some work to do. The crew handed out the headphones. I decided…
I was listening to an episode from the Bookworm Podcast discussing Where Good Ideas Come From by Stephen Johnson1 and in a passing comment they highlighted an old adage – you learn more from losing,…
We’ve been on a big Disney kick at the house this week.1 While I wish that I was watching something seasonal, instead Rapunzel played on a loop each night until tonight, when the 3YO…
Some evenings, the sound of heavy breathing and a hamster wheel rises from my basement. I’m a fair weather cyclist, and I’ve moved my bike to a trainer inside. I’ve…
Big changes at the website, though this writer refuses to let the pressure of a good domain name elevate his efforts.
Sobriety by necessity aptly described my night life for the past 7 months. Kind of like the “world’s worst alarm clock”, the most recent baby likes to get up in the…
One of my Year of Foundations objectives is to improve my fitness and health. I sat on my wife’s peloton while 1/2 of the house attended a birthday and 1/4…
Until this morning, I hadn’t bought an album of music in the past decade. The timeframe may be a bit longer. I was an early adopter in Spotify… I wish…
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