Archive - Thoughts on Stuff and Junk

I'm not sure I even like any of those previous blog posts...

Feb 3

Man’s Search for Meaning [5 stars] — Victor E. Frankl Fahrenheit 451 [5 stars] — Ray Bradbury The Road [5 stars] — Cormac McCarthy Ishmael [4 stars] …

Nov 20, 2022

I’ve had a few “never quit” moments in my life. Not a lot, but a few. This is a story about my first experience with pushing past limitations and the…

Mar 12, 2018

Like a lot of people I’ve been fascinated by David Goggins after I first heard about him and his accomplishments. I believe this is the first exposure I…

Dec 21, 2018

05:00 Alarm goes off 05:15 Drag myself out of bed 🙂 05:30 Make my first cup of coffee 05:40 Walk into my office and fire up my computer 05:45 Open my…

Feb 22, 2018

What follows is my essay answering the question “What is Budo?” that was part of my Shodan test in Aikido (1st degree black belt). The question felt a…

Apr 11, 2011

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and…

Nov 3, 2022

Lately things have been a bit crazy. Some would say it’s been ‘overwhelming’, and they’d be right. Or, sort of right.

Dec 1, 2017

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them…

Oct 25, 2019

A careful man I want to be, A little fellow follows me; I do not dare go astray, For fear he’ll go the self-same way. I cannot once escape…

Oct 3, 2016

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