November 27, 2007 – 3:52 pm
It’s one of those things that leaves a horrible feeling in your gut. This afternoon, my RSS reader popped up a South Dakota media blog post that Ron Bender of Rapid City was killed Monday in a hit-and-run accident in Gaithersburg, Md.
Ron and his wife, Muriel Shepard, were at the Rapid City Journal when [...]
November 10, 2007 – 10:45 am
The last time this post title appeared it was because I had tickets to a Springsteen solo performance at Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis. Today, it is because I got two good lower level seats to Bruce and the E Street Band in St. Paul on March 16.
That’s right. Immediately after last Friday’s concert [...]
September 21, 2007 – 12:44 pm
Tickets for Springsteen’s Nov. 2 appearance at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul went on sale at 10 a.m. today. Knowing I have a mind like a sieve that’s rusted enough it’s got more holes in it, I put it on my electronic calendar for work, marked it a “High Priority” item and [...]
August 21, 2007 – 7:33 am
Given the couple diversions into the political and the newsy lately, it’s time to return the blog to its regular (albeit perhaps boring and mundane) programming. There’s even a book review coming next week after a long absence from writing them.
In going back to the routine on the blog, I’ll start with something out [...]
August 20, 2007 – 7:40 am
The smell of fresh bread this morning marked the beginning of another chapter in a book that’s becoming more page-worn. In a tradition that goes back probably a decade, if not more, the fact the bread machine contributed to the morning indicated it was the first day of school. This year is a little [...]
As I noted, I cracked the LCD screen on my Dell Inspiron 9400 Saturday morning. I spoke with technical support (waiting on hold for no more than a minute or two) which, in turn, connected me with parts. I placed the order at around 10 a.m. Saturday, figuring my laptop was toast for [...]
So, I’m plugging in my laptop this morning and to avoid pushing it on the floor when I put the power adapter into the back (something I have nearly done before), I put my hand on the top of the open screen. As I push the adapter in, there is this sickening little “crack” [...]
After opining recently on passion, I admit there is equal truth in the Dilbert strip in today’s paper. I need only change the last two words to “read books”:
An optimist is simply a pessimist with no job experience.
“Dogbert” in Scott Adams, Build A Better Life By Stealing Office Supplies
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Passion and purpose 2.0″, [...]
I lost my best friend within the last hour. We ended our chocolate lab’s battle with cancer this morning. Sadly, Maggie fell right within the window of anticipated life expectancy from the date of diagnosis of lymphosarcoma.
Without reiterating the details, we started chemotherapy last week but evidently it was too late. Although [...]
Given the timing of my post on passion, it’s been interesting with all three daughters around for the summer. It makes me realize just how friggin’ fortunate I am.
Let’s start with oldest daughter, now 21. She was struggling with a variation of the purpose and passions issues addressed in that post. Her [...]
For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is my middle daughter graduating high school yesterday and us leaving today for her to register for college in Nebraska, I seem to have been hearing a lot about purpose lately. For me, purpose is shorthand for “What do you really want to [...]
Today is my 26th wedding anniversary. As I’ve indicated before, I would not survive were it not for the woman who has been the best part of my life. And while perhaps it’s becoming too routinized, she will once again today receive a shipment of tropical flowers from her “happy place” (Hawaii) and [...]
Truth be told, I am a very fortunate man with an excellent life. This month I will have been married 26 years to a woman I love more today than ever (and who, for reasons I will never ever ever understand, says the same about me.) I have three bright, self-reliant and basically [...]
Having just returned from a combination business/pleasure trip to Washington, DC, leaves me behind and trying to catch up. I also didn’t avail myself of internet access for reasons noted below, so here’s a collection of random thoughts from the trip:
Why is it the hotels in larger cities that charge you a couple hundred [...]
It’s not like this place has been overflowing with content, but there likely will be a growing sparsity. There’s a variety of reasons. the most significant of which seem beyond my control at the time and which I may discuss in the future if I can get a handle on them.
Suffice it to say [...]
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