When the Smoke Clears

1. Even when paring down the packed gear, it’s always going to feel too heavy at some point.
2. Much of the time will be spent in struggle, not in splendor. Such is life. It makes the splendor much more appreciable. So change your attitude and make the struggle part of the fun.
3. While my [...]

Just because you heard some great phrases from some “up with people” facilitator at a corporate workshop doesn’t meant that by saying it, you somehow become that much more loving and caring as a person. If you can’t feel the emotion, shut your trap.
For example: In speaking with people who have gone through the death [...]

Plans got cancelled. One of my best friends was heading over tonight for a little bit of guy-night. I had the steaks ready, a cold assortment of malt beverages and stronger spirits and cleaned chairs on the deck. There was even a stack arranged in the firepit. But his wife came home a few days [...]

… in the playground at Chick-Fil-A. 2 girls chasing the boys, threatening to fight them. The parent of one of the boys steps in:
Parent: You girls have to stop it. You do not hit people. Where is your momma? I will go talk to her if you don’t calm down.
Girls: (looking only moderately [...]

Alright, folks, I’m not giving away any trade secrets here, but I have some non-southern transplant friends, and a few of them manage to try to fit in with the niceties of Southern Life. However, there is a key component they are just not getting so for EVERYONE out there…
The key to the elixir [...]

The cabin is a place of peace and harmony. Unfortunately I’ve not been around enough to partake of that, and I have let some of the duties slip. While it’s mostly wooded around here, I do have a small bit of “yard” on a heavy slope heading down towards the stream a short ways.
It’s [...]

I appear to be a confirmed bachelor. Not by choice, probably more by personality. I refuse to date someone out of boredom and I avoid that whole “marriage” thing if I feel the other isn’t right for me or for some reason I know I will drive her nuts in 2 years. Okay, it’s also [...]

Cabins are great places, especially for a man:
Cons:
1. When you mess something up, repairs are harder and much more expensive. Also, most people you could hire know nothing about maintaining and fixing a log home.
2. Women don’t often like “going back to my place” when they find out there are no street lights or [...]

As the BIG day approaches, the stress increases. The high-ranking visitors are coming. More stars on shoulders than in Orion. We are pulling this shin-dig off with very little time from concept to execution. What fascinates me is that as we get closer and as we get more and more stressed out, the core group [...]

For a weekend that was full of work, it also turned out to be quite social.
Most of Saturday wasted away in the moving of my stuff into a new office. I was also having to handle some digital footage processing. Another department wanted my old office and I wanted off the floor I was [...]

This morning I awoke to rain. I had decided to sleep in a little bit then try to sneak in some gym time and laboratory time. After getting ready and heading out the door, glass of water on the table so I wouldn’t make the same mistake of the other week, I started down the [...]

Quick note: I’m playing around with some different looks and feels of the site. Eventually I’ll do a little bit more customizing but if there is something you see one day that you absolutely dislike or seems out of character, let me know. Thank you again for reading.

I want to say this and establish this from here on out: I hate that word up there in the headline. I despise that word. For those who think they multitask, it’s a source of pride. Not for me. It’s a symptom of insanity.
Right now I am multitasking my ass off. I need to [...]

I suppose that there should be a few unstated rules. I’m not one for Poker. It’s chance more than anything. A game like spades is more my speed. All the cards are on the table. Every hand can be won with the right skill and a good partner.
But all this time playing spades, hearts, [...]

Okay, not the most interesting of posts, especially for an end of the year thing, but I just checked out my little “Live Search” feature up in the top right corner.
That thing is so cool. Sure, I can’t blogroll like the MuNu-s do, but I can kick some butt in the lookup department. If [...]