To Be a Man
This morning I had a really interesting conversation. Most of it centered around a good friend venting about relationship issues, but then I starting to think about how most of the problems centered...
View ArticleWell Done Osama
After the death of Osama Bin Laden was announced there were many emotions floating around. From the sadness of some at the display of disregard for human life, not just of the people that died in the...
View ArticleI AM
It is amazing to find things that truly resonate with you. A nice piece of art, an awesome song that makes your soul move, or in this case a movie that illustrates exactly how you feel. For years those...
View ArticleWhen Culture Clashes with Corporate
While linked in might not be looked at in the same light as facebook or twitter, it still has the component of social media of connecting you with people you might have lost contact with over the...
View ArticleGoing Postal
Some weeks ago there was a notice by our mailbox at home saying that mail delivery might be cut back to only 3 days a week. At the time I was not surprised since we get most of our bills electronically...
View ArticleLetting Others Think For You
The other day I was reading a blog and I came into a piece of writing that shocked me. I am totally going to paraphrase in the off chance that someone can actually trace it back to the post (and...
View ArticleAddicted to Competition
Recently I read a quote that I have heard many times before. “The rest of the world has culture, America has sports.” Apart from the annoying thing that it is to have the United States just claim the...
View ArticleIs Commitment a thing of the past?
I enjoy reading a blog called Satisfying Retirement, it is written quite well and it has a lot of great information, not just about retirement but also offering a great point of view of the world from...
View ArticleBlame the Zombie
One peculiar thing about this topic in my head is that is in interconnected in what might seem logical to me, but not to others. Modern society is full of zombies and it is almost doomed to turn us all...
View ArticleLogos
When people hear the term Philosophy they often think of either a course they didn’t ever want to take, or that blow-off subject about a bunch of old dudes. What most don’t realize is that they are...
View ArticleAudience
Most of my blog career I have not written for an audience. The blog has been personal and more of a brain dump than a cohesive piece of work. It goes all over the place, but this year I am trying to...
View ArticleDo we need faith?
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. -Khalil Gibran Notice that I did not say “do we need religion?” before you get your panties all wadded up; but I might touch on that...
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I’m Bored!
Actually I am not at all, lol. I have lots of work ahead of me with the projects I am working on ranging from the very tedious to the very engaging and headache driving type of stuff. This has nothing...
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Lying
I am the default person in the house to deal with telemarketers or customer service representatives. Working in conjunction with a third party collection agency gave me a glimpse at how some of those...
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I talk to the cleaning lady
I am Colombian, I am also Latino. I don’t get offended if I am called Latin or Spanish and most of the time don’t feel a need to correct people. I do get a little offended when someone tries to call...
View ArticleCulture of Interaction
I have not talked about culture in quite some time. It used to be one of the most interesting subjects to me, in some ways it still is, but being trapped in the corporate machine for what it seems like...
View ArticleThe Book of Mormon Kansas City
H and I have been wanting to watch The Book of Mormon for a while. Let’s start with a little context. H grew up in and around the church. Mormonism to her is not just a religion but friends, family and...
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I’m kind of a big deal
I am still trying to come down from the high of being at the Dad 2.0 Summit. Writing about it is helping a bit, but it is pretty difficult to be around this much positive energy and not miss being...
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