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A Season of Fatigue 4 Apr 2012 | 06:21 am
My wife and I have been running hard this past few years caring for aging parents, working at our jobs, supporting our kids, and helping each other through one challenge after another. I’ve finally h...
Course Corrections 20 Mar 2012 | 02:42 pm
Life requires course corrections from time to time. Over the years I’ve made some wrong turns and ended up off course–sometimes way off course. Captains know that a few degrees of error can cause a ...
People Who Tailgate in the Carpool Lane 23 Oct 2011 | 01:41 pm
My wife and I use the carpool lane traveling to and from work most everyday. It saves us about 25-30 minutes each way. It’s not perfect but it really has shortened our commute–saving time and money...
Building Blocks 8 Jun 2011 | 04:36 am
“There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” Jim Rohn This quote says so much. What we do with the simpliest resources can greatly impact our lives...
Ideas That I Never Posted 1 Jun 2011 | 07:04 pm
Here’s a list of ideas that never saw the light of day–mostly for obvious reasons. I thought it was at least worth giving them an honorable mention. Some would actually have been interesting to writ...
The Art of Drawing Without An Eraser 21 Jan 2011 | 07:55 am
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner A radio psychologist that I listened to frequently in the 80′s used to say that “life was not a dress rehearsal”. This is so true. We ...
Attitude is Everything! 14 Jan 2011 | 01:45 pm
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, t...
Thanksgiving 25 Nov 2010 | 06:58 am
I thought I would share a wonderful quote that I discovered this week. Happy Thanksgiving! Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into a...
Staycation 17 Sep 2010 | 05:02 pm
I took a week of vacation this year and just stayed home–a true staycation. My wife started a new job and couldn’t be off this week so I was home alone. Here are some of the things that I did: Took...
Arizona’s New Immigration Law 29 Apr 2010 | 04:55 am
I’m all for it! It’s time that someone did something about this growing problem. Here are some of my thoughts. Also, here is a link to the actual bill (SB1070). States are forced to deal with thi...
