One of the three times I went back to Colorado last year was to hang out with the old clan from college, specifically roommates and associated…
During all my travels last year, I did get to do many fun things, such as attending the awesome wedding of Lance and Nicole! I’ve known Lance…
Blogs that pose interesting conundrums
One of the many things I like about Neil is how he parses a high level idea into separate parts. For Neil, education is more than just presenting the truth. Being an educator means that you have to teach the truth, but you can’t just shove information on to people and say, “Here you go…
Generally, I try to be content with how things are. This has been a challenging mix of rejecting the status quo when I believe it is required but also not getting sucked in by Shinny Object Syndrome (rushing off to the next latest and greatest thing, what I think George Leonard would call “The Dabbler”[1]).…
I’m not sure what I want to say. I keep jumping all around in my mind, a nontemporalproximal place. The number of emotions that sweep over me remain overwhelming. I feel a sadness now that I’m back. I feel like I’ve died. I feel a great relief to be back home though. Yet, I hate…
From 37signals.com:The tech world is obsessed with what’s next. It has become so used to the constant flow of new products and new companies that newness itself has been placed on a pedestal. But outside of a few breakthroughs here and there, most things that are good are good because they got there slowly. One…
Amazing and stunning and poignant and beautiful: We were hunters and foragers. The frontier was everywhere. We were bounded only by the Earth, and the ocean, and the sky. The open road still softly calls. Our little terraquious globe as the madhouse of those hundred thousand millions of worlds. We, who cannot even put our…
What is discretion, as it relates to cautious reserve in speech? There is this idea of discretion, it’s kind of a tricky I feel — maybe not all the time, just times that it has huge implications. I see discretion as a continuum, with tight lipped vagaries on the left and loose lips sinking ships[1]…
For everyone at The Colorado School of Mines, class starts today. Despite the fact that I’m not in school, I still like to celebrate this day, taking note of its significance. For me, it’s almost like New Years day, being the start of the school year and all. I’ve been thinking recently a lot about…
This post was originally just going to be a link to a video. Then I started doing some more research and some more digging and this post is what I’ve come up with. I think this is a testament to the magnitude of the idea I’m going to be passing on. Thus, whatever you are…
It takes on a new meaning when you realize you’re part of the system that helps to ensure the safety of millions of American military men and women. I hope you all had a safe and wonderful Memorial Day and weekend. P.S. Sorry this is a day late.
I’m going to keep this short, no more than 250 500 1000 words ((including quotes and footnotes)).
As you all know by now, there was an attempt to blow up another airplane. Although it was initially reported someone lighting off firecrackers, it…