The Long Goodbye Ever feel like life, especially as the years stack up, starts to feel a bit like… one long goodbye? It’s a funny thing. You pour your heart and soul into relationships, into projects, into communities. You build something amazing with people you care about. Kids grow up […]
Every so often, I try to take my expectations up a notch in an endless quest for excellence. The first time I really discovered how far I could take excellence was when William L. Belan, who was on the committee approving the written analysis for my Master’s Project told me […]
ABOUT CHOICES: We all make choices every day. The choices we make are exactly what we want to do at that moment. As humans, we are required to make those choices with incomplete information and often quickly, so we are hard-wired to choose based on what we know, and what […]
Don’t come … unless Forgive me! I woke up from a dream this morning and I’m completely fired up! In the dream, I was giving the speech of my life. I was saying all the things that I wanted to say in perfect flow. It was pouring out of me […]
I spent about 30 minutes on a LONG post talking about how I REALLY wanted to get together with you. Yes, you specifically! Then I ended up tagging a BUNCH of people who I “specifically” wanted to get together with and Facebook decided that I’d talked too long and dumped […]
I’m feeling nostalgic. It seems to be happening more and more frequently. I suppose nostalgia increases with age because as you get older, you are constantly reminded that time is rapidly slipping away. Sometimes, I think about my family.Sometimes, I think about close friends.Other times, it’s people who I might […]
For the past several months I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to do next. SO MANY OPTIONS! It’s hard to choose from such a wealth of opportunities. What should I do, make more movies, have more events, create a school, speak, teach, write, and explore new technologies? […]
“Here was a gorgeous triumph; they were missed; they were mourned; hearts were breaking on their account; tears were being shed; accusing memories of unkindnesses to these poor lost lads were rising up, and unavailing regrets and remorse were being indulged: and best of all, the departed were the talk […]
A friend asked for some advice. I thought that it was a good question and thought I’d share my response in case you might be feeling some of his feelings. His comment was in response to a question about money and how much it takes to be rich. ========== Hopefully, […]
I spent the past half hour or so sending a response to a long-time friend who thought I owed him a phone call. A phone call isn’t much to ask. This person has done many things for me over the last decade or more, but I’ve been crazy busy with […]
