I lived in Australia for almost two years, so here’s my list on incongruities: People drink ALL THE TIME. I often walked from the train station to the office and people were having a pint at 8 AM. Beer at lunch?…
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Funnel Cakes
Went to a Braves baseball game at Turner Field last week, to take in America’s pastime: Eating overpriced junk food while drinking a lot of beer. I’m not saying that in any judgmental way – I, too, partook in the…
Family
Embrace the suck! Work at what you love to get better at it
I suck. And at a lot of different things. I’m not a good basketball player, I can’t ride a bike, I can barely swim, I a “directionally challenged” and would get hopelessly lost without my phone’s GPS. I’m can carry…
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Process or talent? Companies can’t focus on both…
“The Most Important Document to ever come out of Silicon Valley” was released last week… at least, that’s what Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg called it. This Most Important Document wasn’t a cutting-edge business plan, or a product roadmap… Far from…
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Savor.
I’ve decided my new favorite word is “savor.” It’s something that I need to do more often, and that a huge chunk of people barely do at all. I know my dad didn’t. It will soon be two years since…
Family, Technology
Lessons in efficiency: Schedule it, then do it
I’m big into the “personal productivity” stuff – not because I try to fill my days with “busy work” just to check things off lists, but because being more productive and efficient lets me get more done in less time,…
Family
Success is not a zero-sum game
I lost a friend recently… no, they didn’t pass away; they just (very subtly) decided to no longer be my friend. They did this by “unfollowing” me on Twitter and ceasing all other communications with me. I reached out to…
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Want your own arcade machine? Rec Room Masters can set you up!
One of the things that I have always wanted to own was a full-sized arcade cabinet. It’s driven by nostalgia, of course: I spent countless hours of my youth shoving quarters into Defender, Pac Man, Frogger or Star Wars… and…
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Endings
I’m going home. They say home is where your heart is, and that’s exactly right. My heart is with my family, and they aren’t here. They’re in my house in Dacula, Georgia, just northeast of Atlanta. Me? Well, for the…
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We are ephemera.
I had a very emotional day this week when I found out an old friend of mine had passed away over a year ago. I was upset, and angry at mutual friends who already knew and hadn’t reach out to…
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Rest in peace, Marilyn Daniel-Ware
Ignorance is definitely bliss. After a lovely, leisurely lunch with some friends today, I grew nostalgic. I thought back to my college days, to when I was doing college radio. I thought about the friends I made when I worked…
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Photos: Kennedy Space Center
I’ve always wanted to visit Kennedy Space Center and I finally got around to crossing that particular item off my “bucket list” this past weekend. Even better, I was able to tour the Vehicle Assembly Building, where all the Saturn…
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Changes
I’m burned out. I’ve been working on one project for over two years now, and I’m over it. I have a hard time getting motivated, and find it difficult to care about what I’m doing. I look at my inbox…
Family, Technology
Yesterday is forever
I grew up in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. We would visit my dad’s parents every month, a 45-minute drive away, and I looked forward to every visit. It wasn’t because I liked my grandparents… Like my father, they were…
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“Settling” is not a dirty word… Unless you hate your job
I was having an interesting conversation with some coworkers over drinks on Friday night, and the topic turned to time… Specifically, how everyone’s “day jobs” were getting in the way of what they really wanted to be doing. For one…
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Lessons in life: What do you need?
I’ve had some interesting moments in my life recently. I’ve seen some people make decisions with what they want to do with that I was quite impressed with, and I’ve also done some things that I didn’t think I was…