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• Counting Paces With My Father-in-Law
  on Mar 25, 2013 in Perspective
  Living with the unexpected… My wife and I opened our home to her father three months ago. You see, after receiving a diagnosis last summer that his pacemaker’s battery was due to fail imminently, and that his heart would fail soon after,...
• Wrong Lessons From The Emperor’s New Clothes
  on Feb 11, 2013 in Social Situations
  That complaining about somebody else is good… Everybody likes the story about The Emperor’s New Clothes. What’s not to like? A pompous king, the pretentious court, some swindling tailors, and a truthful child. But the other day afte...
• Finding Kamiwaza
  on Jan 28, 2013 in Book Review
  In The Icarus Deception of course… I’m a Seth Godin fan, so it shouldn’t be shocking to learn that I joined the Kickstarter campaign quite early. The book’s out, I’ve had my read, and he’s introduced me to a new wo...
• Giving Up The Illusion Of Control
  on Jan 14, 2013 in Personal Growth Perspective
  Control of others that is… I’m not sure when the transition happened, but it seems clear to me that my expectations of others have dropped considerably. No, not in that cynical way, but in the “living for today” sort of way...
• Life Is A Bit Like Cooking…
  on Dec 31, 2012 in Perspective
  Pre-prepared is fine once in a while, but you really should be mixing the ingredients for yourself… I’m not sure if saying “my mom (or dad) prepared most of my family’s meals from scratch” is common any longer. It’...
• On Drinking Tea…
  on Dec 10, 2012 in Personal Growth
  Mostly because I like it! Except for one tragic incident in the early ’70s, I’ve been a fan of tea. I’ve come to like something called “Yogi Tea” and you can consider this my PSA. A great introduction I must first confes...
• Re-Thinking Moderation
  on Nov 22, 2012 in Personal Growth Perspective
  A Manifesto For The Slightly Over Average If you’re middle of the road, participate somewhat actively, eat modestly, have put on a pound or two each year over the years, and would like to address it, this is the manifesto for you. If youR...
• Asking Before You’re Ready
  on Oct 22, 2012 in Personal Growth Perspective
  Can I give you what you’ve asked for? Let’s say we’re working together on a project, and you say “hand me the hammer”. When I hold out the hammer, I’m expecting you to take it from my hand. What happens when you co...
• Some Of My Worst Results Ever…
  on Oct 8, 2012 in Personal Growth Perspective
  What’s old is new again. Twice in the past week I’ve been quite satisfied with having completed tasks with some of the worst results that I’ve every achieved. In fact, I’m still quite pleased with myself… Yard work I do...
• Accomplishing Something New
  on Sep 24, 2012 in Personal Growth
  It’s quite a feeling to realize you’ve never done this particular thing before… And now you have. It doesn’t have to be a huge thing – I still get a bit of a kick competing in a new type of event, playing a new game, or...

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