Late Spring Inspired Memories

Hi there! I’m sitting outside on this lovely evening and I’ve been itching to blog for days now. There is a lot on my mind and I want to write about these things, but they are too hard right now. So instead, I will write about something that makes me happy. This time of […]

Toastmaster Speech – Minimalism – Paring Down to Get More Out of Life

This is the text of the minimalism speech I gave at a Toastmasters meeting in April. I got a lot of good feedback, mostly of people who agreed that they wanted to part with a lot of their crap. A couple of guys insisted that as Connecticut Yankees, they could not part with their stuff […]

Too Ugly for Love?

Last week I received an email from a TV production company in the UK. They wanted to know if I’d be interested in talking to them about a documentary they were working on. They thought I would be a good candidate, based on some of my blog content. I figured it had something to do with […]

Throwback Thursday – Scarface

It’s long been a joke in my family that if I am in an area where objects are airborne, I am going to get hit in the face. I’ve been hit with basketballs, volleyballs, Frisbees… you name it. Most people get injured at least a few times on this rocky road of life. And nobody […]

Hello from Atlanta!

Ok, so it doesn’t really count to say that I’m in Atlanta because I am only at the airport for an hour or so. But I got to my gate and nothing much seems to be happening so I figured I would bust out a quick blog post. Here is the final version of the […]

Hello from Houston!

Here I am in another hotel, in another city, on another work trip. That reminds me of an Ani Difranco song… in a coffee shop in a city which is every coffee shop in every city on a day which is every day The night before I left, I must have been subconsciously worrying that […]

A Medley of Thoughts

It’s been a while since I posted with my phone. I had about six typos just trying to get the title right, so we’ll see how this goes. Lately I have been watching a lot of YouTube videos and noticing how people make them and how they set up their channels. I would like to […]

New York, New York – Hornblower Cruise

Our final major tourist activity for the trip was to take the Hornblower Sightseeing Cruise around lower Manhattan. We took the Big Bus to Pier 15, but when we arrived, the line for the boat was crazy long. Luckily we had spotted a restaurant – Industry Kitchen – on our way in, so we decided […]

New York, New York – 9/11 Memorial and World Trade Center Plaza

On Saturday morning, we made the trek down to the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza in lower Manhattan. Please have a look at the slideshow. My thoughts on the visit are below. Going into this, I expected it to be an emotional experience. What else could it be? This was the site of the most […]

New York, New York – Big Bus Night Tour

After our visit to the Intrepid, we debated whether to have dinner first or to go ahead and take the Big Bus tour. We wanted it to be dark so we could enjoy the lights of the city, and it was still a bit early. We walked toward the bus pickup area, which was right […]