Practicing Availability: How Not To Ruin Your Life

October 30, 2009

I almost never get embarrassed. I will put my foot in my mouth and move on before you can point fingers at something dumb I’ve done or said. That is true for all but a few times that I can remember. One was at my wedding, and anyone who’s heard the about “Here comes the [...]

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3 Doctors Walk Into An Elevator. One Says…

October 6, 2009

I watch a new TED video everyday for lunch. Today I watched a one that felt important. It’s about not being a selfish asshole. Here’s the rub: everyone is a part of a tribe. Most of our tribes are in a stage where our banner essentially says “I’m great, and you’re not.” The speaker illustrates [...]

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How To Win Wives And Influence Spending Habbits

October 1, 2009

Here’s an interesting conversation I had with wifee. Thrill as I try to convince her of my desperate need to upgrade my iPhone to the new 3Gs. Gasp as I desperately lie to her to get my way. Despair as I win with brutal subtlety… (I’m the one wearing green). And my victory:

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How To Summon Unicorns, The Manly Way

September 29, 2009

Intuition is a funny thing.  It’s a hunch, a feeling that you know how something is going to turn out.  I’ve always been intuitive to some degree.  For instance, I knew when I met my wife that she was WAY into me.  That was an intuition, and it was spot on (maybe one day you’ll [...]

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Labor Dad: How Form Ribbin' Saved My Child, Ruined Marriage

September 1, 2009

It’s been 7 weeks since our son popped out in all his splendor, and I have learned a good deal through the process. I’d like to try to share some of these learnings with you, so there’s a new category here all about what it means to be a good dad in pre-/post-labor, and infancy. [...]

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This REALLY Could Be It… C'Mon Aiden!

July 11, 2009
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Go To: Updates or Pictures Ok, this really looks like it.  Mellisa woke up this morning exceptionally moany.  (I can recognize the moans before they happen now).  All the signs are there: Contractions at less than 5 min apart for the past hour or two More stuff that’s gross Exceptional moaniness I’ll be updating this [...]

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This Could Be It… *moan* Aiden?

July 7, 2009
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Ok, so I was waiting for a meeting at the coffee shop when my wifee called me: “we’re going to the hospital.” Oh, ok. Yesterday she had some really bad back pains, but they subsided and she was able to get some sleep. But this morning she awoke early to the same pains. Seriously painful [...]

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On Being Cliché & What's Next

June 23, 2009

For the past year I have been working as a strategist at an interactive agency called Copious [web site].  Copious is a great little agency with good people who do excellent work.  Getting hired there was random, and though the word embarrasses me, serendipitous, and since then it has been a great experience.

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On Looking So Good & The Father Burden

June 11, 2009

Recently I learned just how unprepared I am to be a father.  Apple had WWDC this week, their big developer’s convention where they released some awesome stuff.  There is a lot that I’m fired up about, but one thing stuck out to me today: Zipcar’s presentation of their new iPhone app.

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Serendib, or Why I'm So Kickass At Rock Skipping

May 19, 2009
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One of the things I’m most grateful for in life is when I hear a story that makes me discover something about myself.  Seriously, I am deeply grateful for this because sometimes you’ve got no vantage point on what’s going on in life – or on what’s been going on for a long time.  It [...]

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