Barack Obama inspires me to be a better man. He reminds me that complaining is easy while action shows character. Cynicism is an easy way to hide. Optimism requires strength. But optimism alone is impotent: power comes from working to turn hope into reality.
I was a little boy the last time a president inspired me. [...]
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I was thinking today about habits. Those things we do all the time. We usually think of bad ones, like someone biting his fingernails or tossing her clothes on the floor. But habits can be good, too: flossing your teeth, keeping your desk clean, or riding your bike to work every day. And its definition [...]
As I was heading into the weblog meetup last night, a father and daughter were walking out of Crossroads mall. The father was a big man, probably six-four and two-fifty or more. His daughter looked like she might be in middle school or junior high.
Father: …if I didn’t, I would just blow up.
Daughter: <something I [...]
At the Eastside weblog meetup tonight, we talked some about cameras and photography and I told Anita and Jules that sometimes the expectations I have set for my photography are more burden than benefit: I can hardly bring myself to just take a snapshot anymore (although you might not believe if you look at my Flickr photostream [...]
Maya sleeps on the couch while Dawn watches hockey
The Oilers lost 2-1 to Vancouver but Dawn still enjoyed watching, especially since it came from an Edmonton station and she saw all the local commercials, including a few of Frank and Gordon.
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During the first quarter of the Arkansas-Auburn game:
Tommy: I think these are the two top rushing offenses in the conference.
Dawn: There shouldn’t be any delay-of-game penalties, then.
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We had a big turnout for the weblog meetup at Crossroads last night but I probably made sure that one new member won’t be coming back.
There were two new people there last night: the prolific man behind ~C4Chaos (he’s got three different blogs and posts four or five times a day) and Jules Maas, who had the [...]
Almost everyone else has posted a note about the meetup last night (Anita, Jack, Dennis, and Ram – but not Alex), so I’m a bit behind. We somehow manage to spend little of our time talking about blogging at these meetups but we still enjoy ourselves immensely. I’m disappointed that Anita (and Jack, I presume, [...]
What are you giving up for Lent? Me? I’m giving up impatience.
I know this is supposed to be a season of penance rather than an indulgence in self-improvement. But then I’m not Catholic and impatience must be one of my pleasures since I’ve indulged in it for so long.
I don’t like to wait in line — [...]
Kathy Sierra says it’s important to blow your mind on a regular basis. Well, she just blew mine with a post about neurogenesis and the discoveries that learning heals the brain.
You see, this month, as I think back on the DRI work, I can tell that my mind has healed. Really. I can almost feel [...]
There had been a bit of snow and freezing temperatures overnight — very rare for the Pacific Northwest. Coming out of my neighborhood, all the streets were just wet with no ice. But I hit a slick patch that was in the shade of trees coming around a turn. My helmet did its job. No [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Randy got a new Gillette Fusion razor – the one with five blades. I got one at the same time.
I was using products from The Art of Shaving. With the Fusion, I found the combination of the shave oil and the nice creamy lather to be too thick. I wasn’t [...]