I like poke. As you may know, poke is raw fish marinated in some sort of sauce; tuna and salmon are two examples of fish served in this way. No one else in my family eats fish, so I don’t have it often; but when they have it on sale in the Costco deli, I …
Month: September 2026
Nine Eleven
Forever burned in the American Conscious, twenty five years ago, nine eleven. Three lessons maybe I took away from that infamous day. One, America is not a fortress; it is vulnerable. Right here at home on our own soil. Two, America’s actions around the world are not always welcome. In fact, there are adversaries who …
Science Is Cool
I say this all the time at my work: “Science is cool.” I posted to my socials on the regular. But why is it cool? Science is cool because it is the key to less people dying of horrible diseases. At this point in my life I know about a dozen people (at least!) who …
Do What You Can: Sixth Man
Do what you can. Contribute where you can; contribute however possible if given the opportunity. Good example? Lou Williams. The 6th Man. Three times over during his NBA career. It’s a basketball term. As Wiki summarizes, “ The National Basketball Association's Sixth Man of the Year (colloquially known as the 6MOY) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given …
Another Take: Honor Labor
Repeat blog title sorta, repeat theme, annual pause to recognize all those who labor. You might say everyone labors in some way; having spent most of my forty years working so far on the White Collar Side, I can say for sure many such workers bust their ass just as those who labor more with …
Funk
In a funky funk, not stinky like a skunk, tripping up with a little frump, frumpy, feeling like monkey, Staring off into space, pick a little, tired of the rat race, one thing to the next, slow the grind, sharpens the axe but dang, need a little relax a lot, the list is long, no …
Flourish
Fun word, “flourish”; an even better idea, goal, life objective. Here are a few others, Thrive, Be satisfied, Learn, Persevere, Be resilient, Find joy, Laugh often, Leave it all on the pitch, the court, the field, Do so, GOOD.
Resilience?
I include a question mark after the word “resilience” for a couple reasons. First, this post is an attempt to reblog from within my own site, halffullallgood.com ; but I’m not sure if it will work, so it’s a question mark (until I post it, anyway! 😂). The original blog post is from a couple …
Prime, Dad 
Prime is a fun word. And there’s Optimus Prime, and the sports drink, Prime, there’s Prime Time, but I prefer the mathematical reference. My dad was many things, and one of them was a math guy. He was math major in college, a math teacher for 40 years, taught math in high school, and night …
Better two than none 
Better too than none, A good mantra to live by. Just what does that mean? Better two than none with respect to, Reminders, Gentle prompts, Checking your arithmetic, after working through a problem, Counting and measuring anything, Maybe also how many glasses of water you drink to start the day, or anytime of day, Better …
