The Shallows warrants some (ironically) deep thought into how we are each interacting with information each day, how our audience is doing so, and the broader ramifications on society as a whole.
Continue reading... September 12, 2017
Five Things I Learned Writing About Gratitude Every Day For Sixty Days
Two months ago I began a writing exercise: 60 Days of Gratitude. These are my biggest take-aways.
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September 8, 2017
Having An Audience
September 7, 2017
My Schedule
I firmly believe that inactivity and lack of purpose lead to an early grave. For now, at least, that’s something I don’t have to worry about.
Continue reading... September 6, 2017
Oma & Opa
September 5, 2017
Ham Radio
Today I’m very grateful for having picked up amateur (ham) radio as a hobby, and developing my skills with it.
Continue reading... September 4, 2017
Coffee, Vodka, and Choice
It wouldn’t be my 60 days of gratitude if I didn’t include coffee. And vodka. And coffee-flavored vodka. And coffee-flavored rum, while I’m at it. And Starbucks, of course. You get the idea. I’m grateful for coffee, with and without alcohol, and preferably from Starbucks. But when I think about it, it’s really gratitude for […]
Continue reading... September 3, 2017
Books
I’ve always been a reader. I’m sure I have my mother to thank for that. But required reading in high school played a particularly important role.
Continue reading... September 2, 2017
My Mother’s Car
Sometimes it’s something very simple and yet out of the ordinary that I stumble into and suddenly feel some weird level of gratitude for.
Like my mother’s car.
Continue reading... September 1, 2017
Chip Off the Old Tooth
While on an out of town trip, I chipped a tooth. More specifically, a veneer on one of my front teeth broke in half. One half stayed in place, the other not so much. I wasn’t even doing anything particularly horrid at the time – using my teeth to start a tear in a plastic […]
Continue reading... August 31, 2017
Parks & Camping
Kathy and I occasionally throw the dogs into the car, hook up the trailer and head out to one of Washington State Parks’ campgrounds. Since the day we started doing that some years ago I’ve been impressed by just how well they’re kept.
Continue reading... August 30, 2017
A Community Of Information
It’s no secret that I believe quite strongly that the internet has created more community and opportunity than it’s destroyed, and connected more people in more ways than we could possibly have imagined. Yes, there are issues, but they are far outweighed by the positives. A simple example: I’m currently in my travel trailer, parked […]
Continue reading... August 29, 2017
Progress
As part of my daily research to produce Not All News Is Bad (NANIB) I run across a lot of positive news stories. (That daily research is the intended goal of NANIB — that I publish it is just a side effect.) When my wife stumbled into a story about a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that […]
Continue reading... August 28, 2017
The Weather
Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. -Charles Dudley Warner As I write this large portions of Texas are experiencing and recovering from hurricane Harvey. Even just skimming headlines is enouh to make me very, very grateful for the mostly mild & moderate weather we experience here in the Pacific Northwest.
Continue reading... August 27, 2017
Government?
It’s not fashionable to speak positively about the government, particularly in the United States, and particularly during the current administration.
Continue reading... August 26, 2017
Chester
Some are just quirkier than others. And some … well, some just come with a story.
Continue reading... August 25, 2017
Early Retirement
I don’t really believe in traditional “retirement”. The concept being that you work for some number of years, stop, and go on to a life of leisure at best, or boredom at worst. I never planned to stop working, and I still don’t. To me my work is my “life of leisure”, so to speak. […]
Continue reading... August 24, 2017
