A friend’s father-in-law is in his final hours. I would not text her right now to complain about … anything. Thinking about that led me to realize that perhaps people get situations confused. Or just aren’t able to find out what direction to go in other difficult situations. When I was first diagnosed with cancer, … Read more
The Kid had big plans for his birthday party, including a large cardboard rocket that two kids could ride in at a time. (That was talked down from one rocket per child.) One of his other plans was a jet pack for each (to make up for not everyone having a rocket). I was going … Read more
The photo was taken in Tempe, Arizona. The building on the left is an old flour mill, built in 1918 and used until 1998. The building on the right is a glass office building. I don’t know when it was built (how do you find that information?), but it’s obviously much newer than 1918. The … Read more
I posted a bit about photographers wanting to use the Grinch for their holiday shoots and was schooled in copyright law in return. With permission, here’s what I was told. (Everything beyond this paragraph is not my writing, but most of it makes sense to me. Also, I learned a lot.) After you read it, … Read more
Several times in the past year, we’ve been at a place or in a group where we’re new. We walk in, looking kind of lost. While someone usually will help us to get to where we need to be to get started, it seems that that’s the end of it. As I’ve talked to other … Read more
The Kid doesn’t like movies with scary parts. He’s a sensitive kid and scary things linger. (I relate to that.) We can occasionally do movies in the park, maybe because the sound is less intense, but even those are a crap shoot. So we don’t watch many movies. Now, I’m not a movie person, but … Read more
It’s my birthday today! Except that mostly, it doesn’t matter. Work, chores, appointments, etc. all happen regardless. Which is fine (and reasonable). The number changing doesn’t make me feel any different. I know quite a few people on both sides of that fence—some who don’t care about the number turning over and some who react … Read more
In the media, and in conversations with believers of said media, you will learn that anyone can be a teacher, that “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach,” that passive learning from a video is the same as learning from a dynamic teacher. Basically, teaching is not a skill. I’m here to tell you … Read more
Have you heard the advice to “shop the perimeter” of a grocery store to find the foods that are more likely to be “real food”? That the highly processed stuff tends to be in the aisles (and there are so many aisles!), but produce and the like are around the edges? Seems like good, simple … Read more
A while back, I was listening to Akimbo by Seth Godin and something really stuck with me. He’s said this in previous podcasts, but, like most things, it took repetition before it hit. It’s about sunk costs—things that you’ve invested time and money into, but that the time and money shouldn’t be part of a … Read more