I’m torn. My investments are tanking but the Yankees are totally dominating MLB. On balance I call that a win. Shows you how screwed up my priorities are. Kim doesn’t need to know about any of this, by the way. Speaking of winning (hat tip to Charlie Sheen), just as[…] Read On
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No One Gets Out of Here Alive
I’ve noticed a lot of people dying lately. And most of them are not that much older than me. I’m not trying to be flippant. This is just my way of saying that mortality is on my mind, and not necessarily in a bad way. To me, life has always[…] Read On
The Myth of the Man Behind the Curtain
There is a popular quote — usually attributed to David Attenborough — that goes something like this; tell me if you’ve heard it before: If you collect 100 black ants and 100 red ants and put them in a glass jar,nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake[…] Read On
A Life Worth Living
Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.– John Mellencamp Life is full of unforeseen events, emergencies and mini-dramas. They may be crazy and stressful, but those are the experiences that make life worth living and worth remembering. Whenever Kim and I hit the hot[…] Read On
We Are All the Same
Beneath our virtual façades and phony personas we are all naked and flawed. We all laugh so hard it hurts and hurt so much we have to laugh. We all break, and we don’t always mend. And all our stories begin and end exactly the same way. Along the way[…] Read On
When ‘Bipartisan’ Doesn’t Really Mean ‘Bipartisan’
Clowns to the left of meJokers to the rightHere I am Stuck in the middle with you Stealers Wheel The human race conquered the earth and survived as long as it has by using our ginormous brains to make sense of things. Once we understand something, we know we can[…] Read On
We All Need a Little Yin-Yang Balance in Our Lives
Looking back on my career in the tech industry I can see that, while living the life was exhilarating, that period in my life lacked balance. Not work-life balance — work has always been and will always be an integral part of my life — I’m talking about yin-yang balance.[…] Read On