You might remember that I’m a fan of the Blues. In fact, when I do manage to find the time to do some cooking, my go-to streaming radio station is a broadcast Blues station from Mississippi that generally has an excellent mix of classics and new stuff. One of the songs I heard recently was […]
You gotta helmet?
For reasons many, varied and only explainable by understanding the dynamics of a family with bored little ones, I recently discovered the cult classic Easy Rider. If you’re not familiar with the movie, it actually was a “watershed moment” for American independent film and grossed $60 million in 1969 dollars on a $400K budget. Not […]
Giving yourself permission
If you dig into psychology a bit – or read any “Rah, Rah, You’re Awesome!” blog post – one of the key things that keeps us sane is being able to manage the conversations we have with ourselves in our heads. Unfortunately, this is one of the things in the “easier to say than do” […]
No waxing, no painting…and no waiting
I don’t know about you, but I saw the original Karate Kid in the cinema, and while the 2010 reboot was pretty good, it really wasn’t quite the same—despite keeping the major plot points and challenges. However, what I want to talk about today are some of the classic lines and scenes of the original. […]
A Sunday Rumi-nation on shorter walks
This morning, I ran across the following quote when I was looking for the longer body of a different Rumi quote I saw in my LinkedIn feed from a friend: “Whoever travels without a guide needs two hundred years for a two-day journey.” — Rumi I know that in my own experience, both personally and […]
