Cassandra Making You Mad Is More About You Than Her — I am always fascinated at how mad my wife makes people online. While it is occasionally humorous, it mostly is pretty troubling to watch men get all worked up about what she has to say....
Going To The Store To Shop For Dinner Each Day — One of the highlights of my day when I am home in Seattle is walking to the neighborhood grocery store with my wife. We have an amazing locally owned grocery store which provides us with...
Grammar and Spelling Versus Digital Literacy — I do not have an editor for what I write. I edit things myself. There are moments that I am a good editor, and there are moments where I am not. Slowing my brain down...
Allowing Anti-Semitism To Flourish By Looking The Other Way — I thought I understood anti-semitism when I was younger. You learn about the holocaust, and you hear how Americans came in and kicked the Nazi’s assess in WWII. Right? Done. It’s all over. What could...
Some Thoughts As We Go Through Our Internet Technology Awakening — While there are undeniable benefits from this Internet enabled world we have created for ourselves, the bad is beginning to outweigh the good, and people are beginning to wake up to this imbalance. More people...
Hindsight 2020 — This decade was a big one for me. Many life and world changing things occurred to me in the last ten years. I am not one to make predictions about what the next decade will...
It is Easier For Me To Sit Down As My 8 Year Old Self These Days — I am pretty good at suspending reality to enjoy a good movie. Sitting down for the Rise of Skywalker I found myself immediately able to suspend reality, and refrain from being caught up in analyzing...
Being Hard Done By — I have a phrase that I have used over the years to describe some people I’ve known in my world, which is all about a perpetual state of being “hard done by”. These are folks...
The Drain The Swamp Narrative — The phrase drain the swamp was a very triggering word for me on Facebook amongst friends and family during the 2016 election. Having grown up in a very libertarian mindset, and entering adulthood with a...
Being Our Own Worst Enemies — I have learned a lot in recent years about how I have been my own worst enemy over the course of my life. I would say watching the Trump impeachment drama unfold is something that...
Finding Storytelling Inspiration On The Factory Floor — I’m heading to Las Vegas for a week of AWS re:Invent. I’m trying to get fired up for a week of API blah blah blah, and to help me survive the week I am looking...
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