December 21, 2010. There’s a lot going on. At 9PM PST on Monday, December 20, 2010, the first full lunar eclipse in three years will begin. At our longitude on the West Coast of North America, we will have one of the best views. At 3 am Tuesday, December 21, 2010 is the exact [...]
I get a lot of good ideas. LOTS OF THEM. There is a term for my type of adeptitiude: SCANNERS. People who are not masters of anything, but are pretty good at almost EVERYTHING. That’s me. My father-in-law pointed it out to me the other day. “You changed your brakes,” he said. “I don’t change [...]
True Story: Microsoft has moved me on a profoundly philosophical level. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHlN21ebeak] I’m especially sensitive to this concept right now, because I just rescued my kidnapped smartphone. For two weeks, I have been stuck with a dumbphone. I unplugged. No longer needing to check in at every venue where I could earn Points and Mayorships, [...]
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I have come to realize that struggling to attain a subpar existence is just stupid. My life has been a mess the past few months. It needed some shaking up, and I’m glad it’s happened. Now that the vertigo has decreased, I’m looking around at the landscape of my desires, capabilities, and directions, and I [...]
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This week, I had The shortest job interview of my life Two great interviews for completely different skill sets A reminder that trains cannot get in my way To take these three highlights of my week backwards, I’ll start with my stunt. I had a phone appointment to call Jerry Buxbaum, THE stunt-producer in Portland. [...]
My daughter couldn't sleep last night. She came down into my office and sat on my lap while I worked on my laptop. We chatted a little bit, and then I lapsed into silence while I worked, and she looked around at my shelves. "Daddy, what's that?" she asked. My first reaction was to [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZ-LitadS8] This was from August, when we went to the Oregon Coast for a five day vacation. Making this video made me fall in love with my kids all over again.