An old adage a friend of mine repeated to me when he was a journeyman carpenter a long while back: “Measure twice, cut once.” It means when cutting boards while making something, best to measure where you are supposed to cut twice before actually making the cut, since you really can’t take the cut back …
Month: September 2022
Nine Minutes
It takes about nine minutes for the coffee to brew. From the time you push the button ON, and the water starts to heat, nine minutes. In those nine minutes the crackle of the heated water through the tube, the fragrance of fresh coffee wafts down the hall, that first sip just moments away. Nine …
Part 2, Discipline Versus Motivation
Turns out it’s not so bad; at least for a couple data points. Woke up, day up, cleared my head, got going. Funny, I told a couple buddies about this situation, They recommended I immediately turn on the light and I said an emphatic NO; I like it when it’s dark as I wake up …
Discipline Versus Motivation
Not my comparison, but one I heard recently as discussed by retired Navy SEAL and now leadership business coach. He’s a HUGE advocate and believer in discipline. In one discussion of comparing discipline and motivation, he talks about one of his classic examples, getting up early. Willink is typically up between 330a and 430a, every …
Lonely Is The Night
“Lonely is the night, when you find yourself alone, Your demons’ come to light, and your mind is is not your own…” These are not just great lyrics from Billy Squire, but a sentiment that often rings true for me, especially these last couple of years. These last couple years I find myself waking up …
The Darnedest Thing
Sometimes you run across something so unexpected, so awesome, and it’s in a place you’d least expect. Like today, I went into a local locksmith shop, a few blocks from my house. Been there at least 30 years. Old school. not a ton of products on the small, legacy shelves. Key fob displays here and …
Downing Time
“Downing”, you ask…? Well, not “10 Downing Street”, but rather my mom’s maiden family name. Her family was her younger sister and her, along with their parents (my grandparents). Been thinking more about that side of my family, lately. My dad was from the east coast, so don’t see the Ludlum Side often. It’s been …
Simple Tools
Really grateful for simple tools that make our lives easier and empower us to accomplish many things in easier fashion. The list is endless, really. For this piece, I offer a mechanical from the world of warehouse, stock, and moving said parts around said warehouse. Consider then the wheel and simple hydraulic machinery. Put these …
Ink
Ink. On the page. On your skin. My skin. Forever. Remembering moments, monuments, a mentality meant for… Forever… A few… One in particular just now, Particular, LOVE NEVER FAILS. Forever. True. GOOD.
Subtle Differences
Subtle differences line the path, the delta between a peaceful end-of-night, or chaotic crescendo, A little more screen a little more lax, slipping beyond the pale, A little less screen, maybe none, and just my sense, more calm, more chill. And then there’re dishes, kitchen sink full, day and a half’s worth, Do them tonight …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 