Image via Wikipedia My father had a fantastic beard when I was born. He kept it for years, always handsomely groomed. I remember its scratchy texture against my childhood skin. It was like a character in our lives that no one really talked about but that we could depend on just to …
I used to walk a mile and a half each night with my wife no matter what the weather. We were like the postal service. We would bundle up and just walk as fast as we could. We wouldn’t run because it was supposedly better for us. At least that …
Image by dionhinchcliffe via Flickr One of my earliest memories of the ocean was with my grandparents. I was on a trip to an Elder-hostel with my brother and we stopped by the beach to swim and play in the sand. Up until this point, I don’t remember having a particular …
Image via CrunchBase When someone is dead, they are dead to everyone. While this is crass, it is nonetheless true. It is something that I have accepted, even if it is hard to imagine. I make believe that I can fill the vacancy that others leave behind with pictures and …
Image via Wikipedia I have always struggled to understand the second act of Rent. The first act is so incredible. It moves me on a regular basis. La vie boheme. One Song Glory. Will I? These are songs that haunt me. They have such potency. They are so filled with …
You will support your ideas any way that you can. You will defend them. You will decry alternatives. You will link to items that reiterate your claims. You will pursue those who want to debate you, and you will wrestle with the intellectuals that try to pick your words apart. You believe …
I am now carrying a camera with me everywhere that I go. I am now capable of capturing the world around me at all times. This is no small thing. I am not talking about life streaming. I am talking about remembering the things that are important. I am talking …
Starting is everything. The first step is one that you want to make surefooted. The pull of what needs attention isn’t so powerful when you have lined everything up. The home office. The phone. The computer. All of the tools that will help are laid out and waiting to be …
Image via Wikipedia One of the few non-AP courses I took my senior year of high school was Drama. It was, quite simply, the perfect course for someone interested in the arts but with little time to do much about it. There was no homework. There were no projects to …
Image by FabioHofnik via Flickr For years I have put off doing software updates on my computer. I have found them painful and time consuming. I have found the thought of having to restart just to get a few extra features that I really won’t notice to be about as …