My Pilgrimage to Chicago
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Introspection | 3 Comments »Earlier this week I had a CFCC meeting in Chicago, so I left the wife and child carless and drove 400 miles to Chicago (gas may be expensive, but it was still cheaper than planes or trains). I used to ...
Make Your Life Matter
Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Introspection | 1 Comment »Over New Year's I went to Anaheim, Calif., for the Foursquare NextGen Summit '07, an event that challenged students to imagine how they could change their world, specifically by embracing orphans, stopping human trafficking and fighting poverty. At the same ...
Thoughts from My Former Self
Monday, June 11th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Introspection | No Comments »I was importing some old blog entries this evening (something I do from time to time when I get bored--even though I jumped over to Moveable Type years ago, I still haven't converted all my old entries. I still have ...
What a Time to Live
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 Posted in Introspection | No Comments »I complain a lot. I know. I'm sorry. But every now and then I realize how lucky I am to live in such a world that I have all these things to complain about. I'm just thankful I live in a ...
I Get Kind of Weird
Sunday, October 29th, 2006 Posted in Introspection | 3 Comments »When my wife goes out of town I get kind of weird. I work too hard. I watch too much TV. I eat too much junk. I stay up too late. It's a window into an alternate universe where I never ...
Benefits of a Sunday Off
Sunday, July 16th, 2006 Posted in Introspection | No Comments »Lately I've been loving my Sundays. My work schedule is pretty random right now. I basically work whenever I can to get the project done or get in the hours I'm supposed to get in. It means day time, evening ...
One of Those ‘I’m So Busy’ Posts
Thursday, July 6th, 2006 Posted in Introspection | 1 Comment »Life is so busy. Man. My daughter is five months old (have you seen adorable pictures of her yet? Well what are you waiting for? An invitation? You just got one--go, go, for the good of this dad). My wife ...
The Power of Saying ‘No’
Saturday, December 10th, 2005 Posted in Introspection | No Comments »I always thought learning how to say "no" would be one of those difficult life lessons that takes a lot of time and effort and failure before you finally master it. It turns out when you get busy enough, it's ...
Where Does the Time Go?
Monday, October 17th, 2005 Posted in Introspection | 2 Comments »October is more than halfway over. Bah. Where does the time go? The last few months have been a blur, a very busy blur. I haven't blogged as much as I like to, I'm drowning in e-mail, and I'm drowning in ...
I’m Going to Be a Dad
Saturday, July 9th, 2005 Posted in Introspection | 3 Comments »I'm still not used to the idea of having a baby. Even though we've started telling every random stranger we can, it still seems barely real. Even though our parents bought some early, gender-neutral baby clothes, it still doesn't seem ...
