Busy day today, and this edition brought to you from the Stanford Blood Center. Enjoy this afternoon delivery of the Friday Faves. More GOOD tucked away…just waiting for you. ENJOY. Destination of the Week: If I ever get to Spain, love to check this locale out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubillos_del_Sil Quote of the Week: "You're imperfect, and you're wired …
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Friday Faves, Issue #5
Once again, another edition of Friday Faves is here. GOOD tucked away...just waiting to be found! ENJOY. Destination of the Week: China's "Silicon Valley"...not far from Beijing....lots going on here! Langfang, China. Quote of the Week: "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As …
Friday Faves, Issue #4
And VOILA!, another edition of Friday Faves is here. Snippets of GOOD I found anew, or remembered from before, and offer up here to share. ENJOY! Destination of the Week: An ancient trading country (human remains have been found here dating back eight thousand years), and one of the more stable in the region, Oman is …
Mall Life.
I had to stop by a store this afternoon in the big Westfield mall down the street. I hadn't been in a mall in a long while. Maybe that was the first time this year, come to think of it. As I made my way in and out of the place, the colors, sounds, and …
Friday Faves, Issue #1
Following in the fine steps of Mr. Tim Ferriss and his "5-Bullet Friday", I was thinking after reading his list for the week, "Shoot, I've got the same hyper-kinetic thoughts running through my head on a daily basis...why not share some tidbits from MY noggin..." So, commencing The Friday Faves series on Half Full, All …
A Fresh Look at PTO: A Purposeful Minimalist Goes On Vacation
Wrote this piece last year before the family vacation. Priming again this week for this year's vacation, starting on Saturday. Pretty stoked. I fell a bit short of my "goals" last year -- gonna have another go to make the most of each and every vacation day. -- On average, annual "paid time off" in …
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What America Do You Want To Live In?
I try to steer clear of blatant, direct commentary or story otherwise, related to politics. That space is plenty filled by pundits, talking heads, policy wonks, and spin doctors (and legit political scientists and journalist too). However, after seeing this quote from ol' Pat Buchanan, I have to offer a simple thought, at last. Here's …
Death & Taxes
There are few things that are certain in this life, but two of them are "death" and "taxes". I'm settling in to finish up a few tax returns today, and that old phrase came to me as I started to motivate. Then I got to thinking, those two things may be certain, but they also …
Up Your Game
[2011 Paris-Roubaix Winner, Johan Vansummerenwinning the bike race after a 15km solo breakaway] Simple words are sometimes the most profound and meaningful. "Up your game." It's a command, a spur, an encouragement, a motivator. I find this phrase coming to my mind periodically. It happens when I witness someone trying to shift blame for a …
Golgotha
Good Friday. Since I was a young adult, the day always has a particular effect on me. As a Christian, or at least for me as a Christian, I think a lot about what Jesus went through on this day, during what is more formally called The Passion. I reflect on his final journey as …
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