At the end of last Summer, I decided that the top of the deck in our backyard needed to be replaced. After years of neglect, and some patchwork, it was time to tear it down and replace it. I was thinking that I should be able to pay someone to…
Category: Life
What’s going in life at the moment.
Facebook Follies
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. I have written about this before, and unfortunately my resolve wavers and I get drawn into the time vortex of arguing with people who are not worth engaging with. Some inner…
Resolution
I am most likely not going to join a gym on Friday. I don’t have a new leaf to turn over. I don’t really have any declaration to make at all aside from that I will do my best to do my best in the coming year. That’s it.
Falling out of love with Disney (and others)
Walt Disney World has long been one of my favorite places on Earth. I never got to go there as a kid, but when I finally did go for the first time it was on a work trip, and I fell in love with Walt Disney World. My family has…
Half Earth Day 2025
On Wednesday, October 29th my daughter attended several lectures and presentations for Half Earth Day at the Field Museum of Natural History. I tagged along and while she was attending the lectures, I explored the museum for the first time in decades. I had been to the museum in recent…
More quick thoughts on social media
I become less and less interested in participating in social media as the years go by. I have contemplated quitting social media altogether, but it is the main source of contact with many of my relatives and former coworkers whom I would like to stay connected to. The downsides of…
The folly of political discourse on social media
In recent months I have mostly tried to stay out of extended conversations (e.g. arguments) about politics on social media. I do make comments here and there, and I share things sometimes, but I honestly try not to allow my political leanings to become my entire online identity. In fact,…
Taking time to slow down
My family has typically gone to Walt Disney World whenever we take a Summer vacation, but the last couple of years we’ve opted to go someplace else. I absolutely love Disney, but it is very expensive, and vacationing at Disney can be more hectic than normal daily life. These last…
Another “Life is too short…” post
Earlier today I was thinking about something funny that an old friend and mentor had told me, and it hit me then that I hadn’t heard from him in a while. It wasn’t really out of the ordinary that I hadn’t heard from him, as he often disappeared for a…