Category: Life
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Understanding Serendipity
Before WordPress, I used to run my blog on a system called Serendipity. Sometimes, you know what a word means but it isn’t actually real to you. It’s a dictionary definition- a clinical expression of a word’s value. Serendipity was one of those long words that other people use but wasn’t in my vernacular –…
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Appendicitis: Symptoms, Surgery, and Recovery
Wow… that was fast. The evening started by eating a questionable burrito salad. Everything seemed normal. Dinner was tasty and hit the spot. About 20 minutes later my stomach started rumbling and I just dismissed it as a bit of indigestion. As the night went on my stomach started to feel worse so I just…
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Ride On, Bob
Today was one of the first days I felt really far from home. From California, it’s a chunk of flying to get home. From Australia, it’s literally halfway around the world. It takes 24 hours of continuous flying to get to home from here to see family. I got news today that my uncle had…
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From across the country to across the world
I remember meeting Gustav Andressen of The Modern Nomad at the 2011 Bay Area Rodeo. Swedish by birth, he left his job in London for a life out on the road. No home, no corporate ladder, just a guy out to experience what the world had to offer. That encounter had a lasting impact on…
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SJC to SAN: One Last Hurrah
Hehe… I didn’t think I’d spend New Years Eve at my third office: The Sky Club at LAX. I somewhat like it here. It’s open and airy like home. You have a good view of the tarmac. It’s got a Aeron chair and enough food to just keep ya alive. The Australians have better beer…
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Craftsmanship
After a number of weeks in physical therapy, I was finally cleared to start light hiking again. I was excited about going up to Purisma Creek Redwoods to go hiking. Ben suggested it because there was a section of trail that was fairly gentle, but still a beautiful place to go enjoy the outdoors. I…
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CalTrain: 10 Years Later
I’m enrolled in physical therapy down south so I had to jet out of the office a bit early today to catch the 5 pm train back home. As I was boarding the train, I just caught the last few rays of daylight. From October to March I usually count the daylight by which train…
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I was humbled
Sometimes in life you truly are surprised. This was a fully packed weekend: rodeo, the motorcycle show, and then celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving. Mark and Kari are great friends of mine. Mark married Kari, who is Canadian. As I’ve come to know her, I’ve been learning lots about our bretheren to the north. Canada is a…
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It Gets Better
Many people, many videos, one story Wow a year went by fast… This post on Moby’s blog reminded me about National Coming Out Day. The Trevor Project focuses on teenagers who are struggling with their sexual orientation. Dan Savage, a Seattle newspaper columnist, launched a campaign called “It Gets Better” were adults could contribute a…
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Parks: Federal or State concerns?
I’ll be the first to say I was raised a Southern guy. I can remember sitting in AP history class listening to Celeste Boemker talk about state’s rights. In history class we had to learn all of the amendments, especially those in the Bill of Rights. Mrs. Boemker spent a fair amount of time on…
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Thank you, Elliot
Danke Schön Somehow, saying goodbye never gets any easier. I can remember hearing as a little kid that my grandmother passed. My dad came into the room where we were watching TV and told us that grandmother would no longer be with us anymore. Looking back on it, it was clear that I really didn’t…
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A Scout is Brave
Scouting has been a large part of growing up for me. I joined the Cub Scouts as a “Webelos“. It’s an acronym meaning “We’ll Be Loyal Scouts.” A year later with the Arrow of Light I became a Boy Scout. I spent all of junior high and high school in the same troop. We had…
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Feeling and Experience
Every so often a song will resonate with me. I’m a firm believer that good country music is all about storytelling. We each have experiences in our lives that are not unique to us but a part of the larger fabric of humanity. I was listening to the song Guinevere and the experience of the…
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Upcoming Photography Show: MOTOPHOTO
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Snuggled Up…
Chihuahuas and I almost never get along. This one however seemed to be the exception to the rule. I thought the cozy feeling in this photo really came out.
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Chicken Fried
This song is just awesome. It always puts me in a great mood even when life sucks! It reminds me of home when I was out on the lake for the weekend.
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From Software to Motorcycles
This video just makes me laugh… whether in the office building software out out on the road leading a ride…..
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Georgia Pecan Pie
When I moved out to California, I decided not to fly home for Thanksgiving as its a long flight and Christmas is just around the corner. When attending a Thanksgiving dinner out here, I wanted to bring a dessert with me that was reflective of home. I decided to make Pecan Pie. Never having made…
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On purchasing a mattress
When I first moved out to California some 11 years ago, I had just about nothing. After a few nights of sleeping on the floor with my camping gear I headed over to SleepTrain to acquire something more comfortable than my Thermarest from REI. After sitting on a few beds and $1000 later, I was…
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Riding the bus in the sky
Each time I fly it seems the airlines are more and more like other forms of public transit. A number of years ago food used to be complimentary. Then you had the option to buy it. Now it is just soda and peanuts only. The same sort of policies came along for baggage. Now all…