Tag: Personal

Renovating American Infrastructure

I was talking with Scott at lunch yesterday about our normal random things, and somehow we got on the subject of America's infrastructure.  I was telling him I recently read a great article from Popular Science about renovating America's infrastructure and wanted to share with everyone as well.  The following is an excerpt: "Chicago road crews are scrambling to fill 67,000 potholes a month. Communities in Pennsylvania rely on 100-year-old water pipes made of wood....

Continue Reading

A Save For The Cameras: Paper Plate Bean Shakers

I have two friends named JJ. The JJ in Phoenix has a band called A Save for the Cameras, and he sent over some of his songs tonight. My favorite is "Paper Plate Bean Shakers", which I've embedded above. I asked him where he got the band name A Save for the Cameras, and he said: "Me and the other guitar player used to always play FIFA together on PlayStation, and when a guy kicks...

Continue Reading

My Letter to 2009

Dear 2009, You were so much better than 2008, and I didn't expect for things to go from so bad to so good in only a year's time.  I wrote to 2008 a little less than a year ago, and I'm honestly struggling to write my letter this year.  It is odd but when you are going through tough times the words seem to flow easily, but when things are going well it is much...

Continue Reading

Dinner at Gayle’s House

Christina and I went to Gayle and Bill's house out in Forrestville, CA on Saturday. Christina was a good sport, and I still owe her big for walking in what turned out to be a downpour of rain on our hike.  Their home backs up to miles and miles of woods so we hiked down to a stream and up to a lookout which was beautiful, but the rain prevented us from going any further....

Continue Reading

The Dog and the Bone

The Dog and the Bone is a fable ascribed to Aesop. According to the story, a dog was carrying a bone over a bridge. Looking down into the water, the dog saw its own reflection, which looked to him like another dog carrying another bone. Wanting the other dog's bone as well as his own, the dog opened his mouth to bark at the "other" dog it saw, but in doing so, the dog dropped...

Continue Reading

Explore More Posts

Use ← → arrow keys to navigate Swipe left or right to navigate