When we were in Hawaii I saw a familiar sight and got pretty excited. Wow, who let those white chicken legs out?
Month: June 2012
The Ventriloquist
Trigger Street Productions presents Jameson First Shot starring Kevin Spacey – Winner for USA – ‘The Ventriloquist’, written and directed by Benjamin Leavitt.
We Stopped Dreaming
You know you find a good video when it is 11pm and you’re half asleep and within the first minute you are hooked. You aren’t hooked because it is a “viral video” but because you realize what they are explaining in the video makes some sense and is done with true passion. I can listen to people explain new concepts to me with passion all day long. The second video is my favorite if you don’t have time to watch both.
People don’t have passion like this any more. People don’t get excited for new things like we did. Maybe we aren’t dreaming big enough. Don’t stop dreaming. Love this.
The American Who Quit Money To Live In A Cave
There are a few potential challenges with his chosen way of life for me and likely many others, but several times in the video I couldn’t help but say “huh”. The “huh” sound is what I do, and I’ve found many others do when something we have traditionally thought true is challenged. As crazy as his way of life may seem to many of us, it may not be so crazy.
Big Island Panoramas
Going The Extra Mile
Nine times out of ten when I start my day I see the following set of trash cans as I arrive to the office. I keep the trash cans under my desk on the right-most side which is exposed to the hallway so that the person who empties the trash/recycling can access them easier. Every time I see someone hasn’t gone the extra one or two steps to put the bins back under my desk once emptied amazes me. We all have jobs to do and when I get home I empty the trash, clean toilets, and do anything and everything needed like we all do. At work I would empty my own trash but a janitorial service does it for us (the task itself isn’t the point).
Always go the extra mile and take pride in what you do.
“No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.” – Charles Francis Adams
Hey Dad, That Lady Has Crazy Mean Eyebrows – Sigh
My son Tyler and my mother-in-law were sitting in a doctor’s waiting room with my wife a few weeks ago. Tyler saw a lady across the room with unusually shaped eyebrows and immediately asked me loud enough for her to hear: “hey dad, why does that lady have crazy mean eyebrows?”. I immediately looked at the lady who looked back at me and not knowing what to do or say in the awkward situation said “hey buddy they’re not mean, so what do you want to do later today?”. Trying to get him off that topic quickly seemed to backfire because he replied back with “but dad, why are they so crazy looking though?”. Truth be told her eyebrows were unusual but I’ve seen so many things out of the ordinary in my life I think I’ve become immune to the unusual and never would have noticed.
I smiled back at the lady who scowled back a bit and then looked away. After we were out of the environment I coached him a bit but kids don’t know our social norms (which we probably have hundreds, if not thousands of). We learn social norms over time but sometimes not fast enough to hurt/offend others. If you’ve had kids I’m sure situations such as this have happened to you. How did you handle it and how did it work for you?
