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Happy Birthday To My Son
Twenty-five years ago today, my son was born. I’m going to take this opportunity with him a happy birthday on a quarter century of life lived and wish him a fabulous year ahead as he has a great start on Read more…
Writing
Media Consumption
Media Consumption I’ve already predicted the end of newspapers as we know them. I think media is fracturing in to a myriad of niche sources which often cater to the lowest identifiable common denominator in an attempt to grow an Read more…
Writing
How Do You Make a Career?
According to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average number of jobs held by an adult of my age (more or less) between 18 and 46 is 11. A bit less for women, a bit Read more…
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Lunch with the Kids
My daughter turned 22 recently and my son soon turns 25. Today I had lunch with them. I try to have lunch with one or the other or both every couple of weeks to a month, just as an excuse Read more…
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Spring Reflections
It’s so easy to get out of the practice of things, even and perhaps especially the things that we enjoy doing. Then, as we look back, or at least I look back over these last nearly four months since I Read more…
Writing
Breaking Up With Facebook
We had a good run, but I’m done. It’s not me, it’s you. I’ve given this a lot of thought and I think it’s time to that we go our separate ways. When I first heard of you back in Read more…
Writing
At the End of Things
This is it: The last post of my Year of Writing. According to my current statistics, I’ve written over 85,000 words for this project. I bundled in some stuff I’ve written in the past on this blog that I felt Read more…
Writing
Christmas – An Anecdote and Hack Poetry
As this gets posted on Sunday, December 22nd, 2013, I am hopefully somewhere between Portland and somewhere to the south where it’s sunny and around 80. It’s the first year we’ve taken a vacation around Christmas away from all of Read more…
Personal
Freedom of Speech and Fallacious Arguments
In the (Non) News today, a guy said a massively dumb thing which demonstrated his prejudice and small mindedness, it spread virally and now he is unhappy that there are consequences that follow from his actions. Was that general enough? Read more…
Writing
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
I’ve always envied people with a singular focus and the drive that comes with that. I have, on the other hand, suffered from a multitude of interests, or at least curiosities, and insufficient time to pursue them all. So, the Read more…