Blended hustle, name of the game come quarter end on the manufacturing side, Early mornings and later nights oft the norm, Brushing my teeth while tapping on the laptop keyboard in the cool, predawn, only one light on in my kitchen office to keep it mellow, Fella, I gotta say, we’re all hustling this way, …

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These college buddies I have, so enjoy and love and cherish time with them, I see them only once a year, typically, maybe talk on the phone one or two other times over the same period, Being with these guys, they always remind me how to be confident, remind me that I have reason to …

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First time we’ve gathered in Montana, new locale for our annual gathering, stream of conscious recollection, bits from the weekend, We call it “Mexico” from carefree trips south of the border in college, now an annual gathering closer to home, someone’s home, but north of the border now, still in good fun we call it …

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The unpainted Patch, actually there’s more than one of these patches underneath the front counter of my kitchen, primer in faded relief to the painted wall, From a couple decades ago, a new kitchen floor installed, touch-up needed, never completed, “Oh sure, I’ll take care of that”, I said at the time, All this time …

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It’s a funny thing, asking for help. At least for me, unless I get into the right mindset, I regress back to being a kid, not wanting to ask other people to help me. The underlying reason? A bit of independence: I can do the the thing, wanting to do the thing on my own; …

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“Mexico “, the nickname we give a yearly gathering, a small group of friends getting together annually since college, more than 35 years now… We call it “Mexico”, because one year we did in fact, drive down to Ensenada, on the coast of Baja California. 

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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