Every time we go hiking, there are full dog poop bags on or near the trail. You’re missing the point. Take it out with you. Leave everything the way you found it (or better). Don’t be that guy. As a bonus example, a patron at an Indian restaurant was arguing with the waiter about whether … Read more
I know this has 8 tons of application in computer/tablet/phone software, but that’s not where I’m going today. What was this post inspired by? Hotel bathrooms. The lead photo is from our bathroom at a hotel we stayed at in California over the weekend. Two bath towels had already been used, so at presentation, there … Read more
I know they’re important. Really important. I get it. Maybe I hate it because I’m not good at it. But where does one go to get feedback or training on title-writing? The only training I’ve had has talked about titles as a means of getting clicks (“Use numbers! Five ways to write great headlines!”), and … Read more
The best fortune I ever got out of a cookie was over 30 years ago, and while I didn’t keep it, I remember it. “Today is a good day to go moose hunting with a belly dancer.” I haven’t received any that were nearly as entertaining in the intervening decades, though some came close when … Read more
We went to another Mercury game (WNBA) and there was so much energy in the arena. Years ago, I went to a Suns playoff game and the space was loud 100% of the time. Baseball games sometimes get there, when either something exciting happens or the game is high stakes or both. And it got … Read more
This is the fourth time this has happened. One of my eyelashes is really long. Just one. I don’t know what makes this happen, but I get a disproportional amount of joy from my long eyelash. People try to pull it off to prevent it from falling into my eye, thinking it’s one that fell … Read more
There is something delightful about people who get jazzed about a topic, even if the topic is weird (by my standards) or not something I’m necessarily interested in. I have read most of Malcolm Gladwell’s books and have enjoyed them thoroughly. Some of the pieces within them are about topics that I wouldn’t necessarily choose … Read more
I make notes in my phone when I hear something that I want to remember: a quote, a book recommendation, a podcast recommendation, and so on. Going back through my notes? Not always timely. I found this one from May: We have the freedom and the burden to make our own identity It was from … Read more
Some time in the last week was my 16-year anniversary of arriving in Arizona. (I could look at a calendar and figure out which day exactly, but it’s not that important. Early August is good enough.) I came out here to go to grad school. To go somewhere hot and far away. To try to … Read more
Twenty years ago, I graduated from The College of New Jersey with the education required to become a music teacher. I’ve become really good at teaching. But at music? Mediocre at best. Historically, I’ve been a fast learner without much grit. It took a lot of life before anything crossed my path that I was … Read more