Our son just turned seven years old, had me thinking about 7 times 77 times 777 things around him, around me, around everything under heaven. So grateful I am he’s in our lives, so grateful to have this life with him, her, them. Then I ponder my path, crooked and bumpy and blessed, messed up …
Month: November 2019
BS Jobs…? Hmm.
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A Whale Fall, an ecosystem, and Earth.
one.npr.org/i/760664122:777065758 Science is cool. So much more still to learn, stay curious.
Lyrics Post: “New Shoes”
Fun? Yes. In fact, GOOD. As is typical for me, I dive deep when I hear a song I like. In fact, I got this guy’s album, and then dragged my wife along to see him play live as well, based on this one song. It’s a good one. Oh, and the pic in this …
Desert Addendum: Cold Brew
First-hand account of “micro-desert” experience from the last twenty-four hours. I have like half a dozen things that need to come together this week, outside of regular work. I stalled out with progress on three in a row last night. It was a little frustrating. The near two-hour commute home didn’t help much. And so …
Yes Yes YES! Corporate Productivity Experiment
one.npr.org/i/776163853:776567704 Corporate Productivity Improvement via A MS Beta in Japan...what next...? #goodstuff
Desert
“The man in black fled acrossed the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” The opening line from Stephen King's The Gunslinger. I love it. During those first pages of the story as the hero pursues the antagonist through the desert, King writes in detail about how the Gunslinger is well trained to handle such harsh conditions. …
America: Being Open, Being Strong
one.npr.org/i/776504323:776507777 #goodstuff
Global Warming, the United States, the Short-term, the Long-term. Democracy is messy.
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From Mundane, to Meditative
My mother ironed our family’s clothes for years. I remember the ironing board being set up in the laundry room, and shirts hanging there waiting to be ironed. All these years later, I haven’t “had” to wear neatly pressed clothes in maybe fifteen years; I’ve gotten by with gently frumpy a lot of the time. …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 