I really try not to do this…yet, it’s inevitable, isn’t it? I try to convince myself that the calendar is just an artificial construct and that I can do this exercise at any point in time. I don’t need the little clock sitting at the bottom left on my computer’s taskbar to read 12/31 in [...]

We had it all planned out. We plotted our course from Austin to Akron, OH. We serviced the Sienna. We found overnight lodging in Tennessee that was Calvin and Lily friendly and found a sitter for our girls’ guinea pig. We found lots of books, DVDs, and road games to keep us occupied for the [...]

Of course, this sort of assumes that I’m a good boy…hmmm…sometimes, but not always.
I just received my SantaThing present of books. Ahhh…there’s no greater gift than the written word (unless it’s Resident Evil 4 for the Wii which my loving, lovely wife gave me as an early Christmas present). SantaThing, the brainchild of the folks [...]

I’ve been tagged for the Think Differently Challenge meme by Jamie Notter and it’s one that I’ve been giving some of my best mental energy. It’s a good challenge. Like Jamie, I fully believe that “if you do what you always did, you’ll get what you always got.” So if you’re intent on learning [...]

I haven’t read Steve Pavlina in a while because his posts used to stretch well beyond my blogreading attention span. However, if his latest work is any indicator, he’s no longer writing small tomes disguised as blogposts. So now he’s back in my Google Reader, which is good because I’ve always liked his perspective on [...]