Monthly Archives: January 2025

I received an email from Verizon last week saying they were going to raise our bill by $15 a month. This was on top of the fact that even when Andy received my texts he couldn’t text back most of … Continue reading →

January 20, 2025

This is from a 2021 post: Never lose the childlike wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. I’m sorry I won’t be around to raise my kids. It makes me very sad but I can’t change that fact, … Continue reading →

We can’t change it, and we just have to decide how we’re going to respond to that. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. –Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood … Continue reading →

Yes, that’s me! That’s why when I go on a trip, even if it’s just a for the day, a few hours, I always bring things to play with. And that’s why before I left the ER with my broken … Continue reading →

I was surprised to see an article with this title. It talks about these eight ideas: 1. Break your problems into manageable parts 2. Experiment and observe 3. Leverage uncertainty 4. Use data and evidence to make informed decisions 5. … Continue reading →

Here’s the video. It does have an ad in the middle that needs to be skipped. January 15, 2024

I like them because they remind us that we always have choices, even if we don’t like what’s going on in the world. Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as … Continue reading →

Write a little every day, without hope, without despair. —Isaak Dinesen I love this quote and for me it’s not just about writing, it’s about living our values even though there’s no guarantee things will turn out the way we … Continue reading →

The boss in the cartoon says you can fool some of the people some of the time. Abraham Lincoln’s quote was, You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but … Continue reading →