Posted in life, tagged success, Moore's Law, initiative on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back in 1965, the year I was born, a computer geek named Gordon Moore predicted a trend that soon became fact. He said then (and remember, this was more than 40 years ago) that the information and processing speed of computer chips would double approximately every two years. This prognosticator and co-founder of Intel was [...]
Posted in life, writing, tagged 30 Days, social issues on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As the Obama/Clinton chest thumping drags on (and on, and on), and the world continues to implode with natural disasters (i.e., Myanmar, at which last I read up to 100,000 could be dead or homeless), and man-made disasters (aka the mortgage crisis and the economy…stupid), I’m taking it upon myself to try to make a [...]
Posted in life, tagged birthday on May 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
5:50 a.m.: Wake up to the alarm - today I’m 43
5:55 a.m.: Make coffee
5:58 a.m.: Check voice mail. Listen to birthday greeting, complete with “Happy Birthday” song, from my best friend in the world
6 a.m.: Iron shirt for work
6:10 a.m.: Get coffee, shower, shave and all that stuff
6:30 a.m.: Dress for work - it’s a [...]
Posted in life, work, tagged masturbation on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had a full week and it’s only Wednesday.
Monday included a work-related day trip to Chicago for a neurosurgeons conference. Tuesday began with an early morning breakfast with the PR agency assisting the Nature Valley Grand Prix’s media relations efforts. That meeting was followed by an afternoon of frolic and fun caused by a top-level [...]
Posted in books, life, parenting, relationships, tagged Last Lecture, Randy Pausch on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, April 9, I read about Randy Pausch and his “Last Lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University (yes, sometimes I feel like I live under a rock). But, thankfully, I read the New York Times and journalist/reporter Tara Parker Pope’s article about Mr. Pausch, which drew me in. I was hooked on his concept of [...]
Posted in fair, life, philosophy, tagged darts on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The only game at carnivals and fairs I ever enjoyed playing was darts. I got dizzy on carousels, nauseated on ferris wheels and had a horrible experience in the Fun House that’s worthy of an entirely separate post on its own (in fact it’s probably novella worthy). But as a kid, when it comes to [...]
Posted in life, work, tagged sheep on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in aging, aging parents, health, life, tagged old age on February 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Guys, you know you want to…live as long as possible that is. From the moment we realize we’re not invincible (wait, you have realized you’re mortal, right? It usually happens around the age of 30), we start making attempts to extend our lives.
First we do all we can to stay young. We exercise. We get [...]
Posted in life, love, relationships, tagged It on February 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Like many teenagers, I had a plan…to marry my high school sweetheart, get a college degree, land a high-paying job, live in the city, and have a happy life thereafter. Like many high-schoolers my age, no one told me to have a back-up plan. So when my high school sweetheart, my first real love, broke [...]
Posted in life, writing, tagged Michael Jordan, Tom Brady on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The exhiliration of making a simple dinner for a special someone can send you scattering into a million different directions. Where’s Chef Emeril Lagasse when you need him most?!!! As luck has it, my Mom did me a favor schooling me on the “how tos” in the kitchen. I’m not a master. Far from [...]
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