Many great pieces will be written about Steve Jobs today, as his death becomes widely known while people watch or listen to the morning news. At least a few (if not many) will probably hit upon some of these thoughts, my thoughts.
Many things have inspired me. Some are obvious: my wife, my kids, my friends, my passions, my pains. Others aren’t quite so obvious, like the feel of a seemingly…
We were leaving the YMCA last night and I asked Beth how her first day of volunteering went.
“Great!” she said.
“Why did you decide to volunteer here?” I asked, thinking of yesterday’s post.
“I wanted to give something back to the community and this was the first place I thought of since we come all the time.”
My heart swelled.
Later, she asked me an…
Today is the first day of school. Adam and Beth got out the uniforms this morning for the first time in almost three months, and started a new chapter in their lives.
For Adam, it’s first grade. These days the jump from kindergarten to first grade isn’t much different from first to second. The era of standardized testing and school “accountability” has leached most of the…
We see doctors for diagnosis and treatment. We may not like or agree with the diagnosis, but that’s why doctors hate the Internet.
In today’s post we’ll be discussing the trouble with names. No, we won’t be discussing doctors’ names or the ones we’d like to call them. It’ll be something else – something wonderful.
Just wait. You’ll see.
I saw…
There’s something I need to know and it’s an emergency.
Does the required daily consumption of coffee/caffeine increase with body weight?
I haven’t weighed myself recently, but I think I may have packed away a few pounds since I started working out at the Y. Suddenly, and most unwelcomely, I’ve noticed diminishing returns from a cup of brown gold.
If I have to explain this any further then…
I was working out at the Y this evening and Adam was spending the time in the play room.
It’s a really big room. I thought you should know that, I don’t know why.
I went to pick him up afterwards and he came storming out breathless, exclaiming “Man! There was this girl in there who was a beast and she was chasing me like I was her favorite food!”
I laughed. He…
Today my family is only a state away. Unfortunately, Florida is a really big state.
Still, I woke up early this morning and a thought struck me: I could get in the car, leave right now and be with them by lunchtime.
There were just a handful of problems with this plan. It was four-thirty in the morning. I’d slept about three and a half hours. They weren’t three and a half good hours.
This is me.
This is not me.
This is who I’d be if I could be me without fear.
I’ve often wanted to talk about work in this space because it’s such a big part of my life – possibly too big.
There are three important things in my life: my family, work, and you. This poses several problems. You’ll notice there’s a big hole in that group. Nowhere do I mention…
A few years ago I wrote what remains my most visited post – and my favorite post. I thought about it today, sitting at home sick. It’s about writing obviously, but it’s also about me and my wife.
I haven’t felt like sitting in front of the iMac’s camera for another “Home Alone” video, but this seemed fitting.
So here it is, just the audio this time…