The other day, as I was walking along the lane, minding my own business, I stumbled upon a piece of cutlery– a fork to be exact. It was in terrible shape, clearly run over by multiple vehicles, and caked with dirt and grime.
Nasty!
This is the thing about forks in the road– they’re often not at all what you hoped for.
Franz Klammer….a name now mostly forgotten by the passage of time. Yet, as I am about to elaborate, he remains the architect of one of the most remarkable moments in sports history, perhaps even in all of history.
Read More“Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart."
-Vaclav Havel
This is my mother, Dora, throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome in 1963.
Read MoreAI– Artificial Intelligence. Most of us have literally seen that movie. The first Terminator movie was shown in 1984 and Ahnald, the Terminator, said, "I'll be back”.
Read MorePerhaps you’ve seen it? While traveling through the east terminal section of Austin Bergstrom International Airport, just beyond the last glorious whiff of Salt Lick BBQ brisket, past the folks drinking expensive cheap wine at Vino Vino, and just before you get to the elevator of the Delta Sky Club…
Read MoreTyranny! We are taught to resist it ... at ANY cost.
Yet, virtually all of us have willingly invited it into our own homes.
Within those walls, it lurks, bosses us around every day, offers us untenable choices, plies us with guilt. No, I am not talking about your tw- year-old grandchild dropped off for the weekend by your unappreciative son.
Read MoreIn life, there is medicine in all kinds of things that don’t live in a little rust-colored plastic bottle with a tamper-proof top, and a white label on the side stating, "no refills.”
Today’s remedy comes from an oversized suitcase…
Read MoreRecently, a friend sent me a book to read, and asked that I pass it along to someone else after reading.
The more I thought about it, the more profound the request seemed.
Read MoreReflecting back on the essays posted this year, I can’t help but notice that each piece plays its own unique note, yet contributes to a harmonious whole—a collective symphony of insights that transcends the sum of its parts.
Dive back in or catch up on what you’ve missed, and see if any of these strike a chord…
I’ve often pondered my affinity for a diverse array of interests, whether it be food, culture, art, music, or people. It’s as if I resist committing to a single passion and fully immersing myself in it, owning it and becoming known for it. Instead, I’ve been what might be kindly stated as a "jack of all trades, master of none". Or perhaps to some, an outsider lacking pedigree, or even purity of blood and thought.
Yet, I have managed to be neither this nor that. And at the same time, on a good day, both.
The intriguing nature about truths is their tendency to resurface.
Frida Kallo once said something about sorrow, which could also be applied to truth.
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but they learned how to swim.”
Truths also tend to learn how to swim.
Read MoreImagine a mundane, post-war America obsessed with conformity. In this world of mean definitions of perfection, everyone secretly felt their own families were peculiar, if not downright eerie.
Enter Charles Addams, a middle class guy, toiling away in a nameless drab office from an unremarkable little town in New Jersey. Little did he know, within the confines of his mind, he was dreaming up a masterpiece of madness, campiness and dark humor.
If you’ve been around here awhile, you might be under the impression that I am an expert at something, but without a clue as to what that might be. That's okay. I have similar suspicions of my expertise.
Read MoreIf you’re reading this, you already know I have a little problem keeping my big mouth shut.
Read MoreThis is about Shark Tank- the TV show. Lots of people equate starting and investing in businesses to Shark Tank. It's the gold standard. The north star. The bee's knees. Any other superlatives you can think of.
Read MoreI'm not talking about reduced fruit preserves here. I’m talking about how we define who we are and what we are into—what makes us feel alive. It’s our jam. And oh, how we love to protect it.
Read MoreThere’s a reason "if it bleeds it leads" works. Coined in the 1890s by William Randolph Hearst during a period when yellow journalism (a reporting style that stooped to new lows) was at an all-time high, the phrase meant sensational, violent stories got prioritized in the evening news.
And it holds true today.
Read MoreOops...I may have just lost half of my readers. Who am I referring to? Everyone wrapped up in “hustle culture,” of course.
Read MoreMany opportunities and visions we decide to pursue are less about the decision itself, and more about changing the narrative surrounding how we view that decision.
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