When I was in college, I heard this song for the first time. Mike Scott of the Irish band, The Waterboys, wrote the lyrics, based on a poem by William Butler Yeats. All these years later, I've not read much Yeats -- though he's on my reading list ! -- for sure though, I soak …
G-096: Dispatch from the DMV CA
I hadn’t been into the Department of Motor Vehicles in a long time. And so when it was time for my 2019 Driver License renewal? It was time to pay a DMV Field Office a visit. I was headed to the office in Santa Clara. It was the place I had taken my original driving …
Addicted to Data?
A day without wearing a steps tracker, that's what today is. And my initial reaction, my feeling, is mixed. I feel like it's going to be a little empty today. Weird, right? I mean, who really cares how many steps I take? Why do *I* care so much about the number of steps I take …
My X-Factor — I Celebrate Her Too!
I’ve talked about her before as my own personal “X-Factor”...in fact, that nickname started before she was born. In my house growing up it was just me and my brother. Simple, dyad relations. Oh well, our parents were there too. 🙂 And our poor mom, she was the only female in the house. Fast forward …
Random, Repeated — Parent, Life Insights
These reminders might have been shared before. If so, still worth sharing again. 1/ Be bouyed by simple pleasures. Example? Tea station fired up for the week. Hot coffee. An extra hug. A goodbye kiss. An unexpected "Hello". 2/ Make eye contact. And smile first. Teach your kids to do the same. 3/ Keep learning. …
Celebrate Her
We did our best to celebrate her on her birthday. We made the day mostly about her, and I think it was a good one. My wife led the way, as she usually does. And so on top of being grateful for my first born, my first daughter, I was thankful for my wife once …
Anatomy of a Lions Charity Crab Feed
The work started months ago. A handful of Lion leaders doing early prep work for the event scheduled for Saturday, 9 February, the 23rd year of the Cupertino De Anza Lions Club Charity Crab Feed. We need a 12 foot box truck, and refrigerated rig too, to handle all the transport of gear and foodstuff …
A Dad’s List, #5
The Dad's List Series continues after a little (medium-size?) hiatus. Super stoked to be back with another edition, this one like, "...FIVE golden rings, four calling birds...", no wait, stay on track. Just a little humor is at play; almost never a bad thing, humor. But to the matter at hand...The Number Five Dad's List, …
Ocelot?!
Actually no, the theme for this piece is actually "oscillate" ... as in, "to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, [and especially for this post], conditions, etc." There might be a little lesson from the small feline predator of the Americas too. It's been a helluva last few weeks. Lots going on as the new year kicks into full gear. Family, work, life. …
Operation: Little Kids
“Being a parent of little kids is sometimes like being a special forces operator.” That’s the way it’s been feeling these last few days. Of course, we don’t have to apply lethal force in the course of conducting parenting operations; and certainly we are not in harms way (typically) when parenting. So no one is …
