I wrote a blog post a while back that featured the story of a Mexican fisherman. It was a post about learning to either find happiness in your day-to-day activities…or figuring out a way to move on to something that … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
“There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, ‘Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,’ and an optimist who says, ‘Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.’ Either way, nothing happens.” That’s a quote from … Continue reading
The catch phrase for the old “Six Million Dollar Man” show was “we have the technology, we can rebuild him”. Pretty cool…it was a fixable problem. They had the technology…and they were going to make things all better. My bookshelves … Continue reading
We got word yesterday that the proposed stop to Saturday first class mail delivery has been shelved for now. Here’s one version of the story here. I guess that for all the hard language and bluster, when it came down … Continue reading
They say in the beginning of this movie that it will help me decide whether or not I’d want to play God after I watch it. That was a close one. I was almost going to go off the deep … Continue reading
07 Born to Run No, it’s not the Springsteen thing…it’s something else entirely…but what a great song, huh? The Born to Run that I’m talking about is the title of a book by Chris McDougall that talks about barefoot running … Continue reading
I’m doing a post tomorrow on Chris McDougall’s book Born to Run …but found this comment on a YouTube video and thought it was pretty funny… TheR3dsH4d0w 5 days ago running is not instinct, and if the gun was pointed … Continue reading
If there wasn’t anything going on that might hurt the environment, I doubt I’d ever hear a thing about fracking. I’d just fill up at the pump with cheap gasoline…or heat my hot water with cheap natural gas….and enjoy the … Continue reading
I was never this tan…or this fit…or this adventurous…but this video makes me wonder…”where’s my cameraman?”. That’s the thing about these videos…we never celebrate the guy behind the camera…chasing the tan guy up the mountain. He doesn’t get any props. … Continue reading
I brought a bowl of crunchy store brand raisin bran upstairs to enjoy the other morning. The minute I sat down on the couch, our three-year old son was right beside me…asking to share. A mouthful for me, a mouthful … Continue reading