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I’m a dog-lover, and I’m a big fan of the Dog Whisperer. If you haven’t seen his show, you should watch it. If you don’t have dogs — even if you hate dogs — you should watch this show. I’m sure his book is good, but I don’t see how he can fully communicate in writing what he does. And people. Read the rest of this entry »
A while ago I said I would share some thoughts about things that I think I’ve learned in a half century of being around. So here is one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
So, it’s been a while since my last post. I won’t apologize, because I hate it when people do that.
There are several reasons, but the real main reason is that I have been in a World of Warcraft addiction phase. Read the rest of this entry »
So I took a few days off to celebrate — well, celebrate isn’t the right word — to observe a milestone in my life. I have now officially been alive for a full half of a century. Five long decades. Fifty years, blowing past me in a blink of an eye, it seems.
That’s right, time seems to fly by, and yet when I look back over all that’s happened, it’s amazing I could fit it into just fifty years. Not that I’ve had such noteworthy adventures or anything, but, that’s a lot of days. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve had this picture hanging around for a while. I took it in London, a couple of years ago, outside the Imperial War Museum. Intially, it seemed an odd place for such a sentiment, but in retrospect I think it makes perfect sense. Well, not sense, exactly. But it feels right. Read the rest of this entry »
I had a long talk today with a good friend who recently made a pretty big career decision, and is having a bit of buyer’s remorse. It’s too soon to tell whether the choice he made will work out well. But for now he’s tormented with questions of what might have been.
Of course, we all do that sometimes. And when you are in that mode it’s hard to stop. He and I are both fairly logical people, and we like to solve problems by thinking through them. But you can’t think your way out of what might have been. It’s like driving on a mobius strip — you feel like you’re doing something but you just keep looping around. (Or maybe it’s like driving with me through a parking ramp!) Read the rest of this entry »
I make New Year’s resolutions every new year. Also, on every birthday. Frequently, on Labor Day weekend (it’s the beginning of the school year, and the end of summer — my least favorite time of year.) And on numerous random Monday mornings through out the year. Like most people, I don’t usually keep these resolutions for long, but as I’ve mentioned before, that doesn’t stop me — or the rest of you — from thinking that this time will be different.
