Today marks the 100th day since I retired on August 16th. Before this journey began, the question most often asked–by far–was, “What will you do with your time?” A fair question. So what exactly have I done in the past 100 days? Let’s see… There have been some speaking gigs, which I hope continues. There was […]
Sexual Assault Hotline Training
As part of the process of becoming a volunteer for the National Sexual Assault Hotline hosted by RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), I have to complete some training. A couple of days ago I wrapped up the online portion of the training. 24 hours of training that was enlightening, educational, powerful and […]
A Fresh New Flight Experience
I’m on the way home to Seattle after spending three days in Vegas speaking at a real estate conference. I travel pretty often, so it’s rare to have a new flight experience. You never know though how some random human will behave, and a new experience played out today. Yay for new experiences, always an […]
Remembering a Friend
I originally posted this on Facebook, but wanted to put it here for posterity. Who knows, someday I may delete that Facebook account. Almost 40 years ago, me and my best friend in high school, also my college roomie, decide to hitchhike from Texas A&M at Galveston to New Orleans. (We were young, sometimes stupid, […]
Every picture tells a story
The other day I snapped this picture of a woman looking at the photos I have on display at Waterfront Coffee Company. A nifty little indie coffee shop, just a few blocks from our condo in Edmonds, Washington, Waterfront has an eclectic, rotating collection of art on their walls. Smart on the part of the coffee […]
Hater’s Guide to Zillow. To write or not to write, that is the question.
OK, here’s something I’ve never done in over a decade of blogging and content generation — I’m asking for input on a potential series of posts before I write them. Why? Because this is going to be a lot of work, and if there is no interest, there’s probably better ways to spend my time. […]