March 20, 2008
I know I shouldn’t have done it.
My 1-year-old son was about to take a bath, but I was caught up reading comic books in a different room. You see, giving kids bath has always been my job.
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March 15, 2008
Tonight I ran the sound for a talent show at a high school. My old buddy asked me to help out.
High school has always felt like an odd place to me. There are such huge gaps in development among kids. Some are practically adults — physically, and sometimes mentally. Others are [...]
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March 14, 2008
Everyone knows a good drama queen or two. Trouble always seems to follow them.
I knew a few people who stay stuck in jobs and situations they don’t want, bemoaning and complaining how terrible life is, all the while making no effort to change.
I was one of them.
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March 12, 2008
Unfortunately, it’s not a rare occurrence.
I read in Japanese news that they discovered bodies of 5 people, between ages of 21-37, in a car parked deep in the forest of Aomori, in northern Japan. They got together to self-produce a carbon monoxide poisoning.
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March 6, 2008
Here’s an example of how my own ambition can crush me.
I have a to-do list, and with it comes a preconceived notion of how much I can accomplish in a day.
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March 5, 2008
There was nothing big. Just a series of small things, little variations to the routine.
But somehow a wheel came off the vehicle I was driving.
And the car kept moving, the loose wheel kept spinning…. I make myself stop, and try to figure out where things are.
But now parts are scattered, and more are coming [...]
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February 29, 2008
Well, this week I was going to launch a monthly CD giveaway mailing list. So I was working on setting up a new mailing list, modifying the existing sign up pages, etc…. and came to a halt. Wait a minute.
My web site can’t accommodate this. I can’t make my web site put [...]
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February 24, 2008
My family and I had a great day today. It was everything I wanted in a weekend day — relaxing, fun, bonding, and productive. I think it was the first weekend day in a long time, when I felt relaxed despite staying home all day with kids. Usually I brace myself for [...]
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February 22, 2008
I’ve spent a good deal of time this week looking at organization tools for my day job. It requires keeping track of little tasks that need to be done in a timely manner — this task every Monday, that task Tuesday and Thursday, and so on.
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February 19, 2008
You never drive a car without filling up the gas, do you?
No, I don’t do that with cars. I’m sure you don’t, either.
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