I’m not really a quote guy… Scroll through your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any such feed and you will see quote after quote posted. Some funny, some sad, some thought-provoking, some just stupid. I don’t post a lot of quotey memey things, but I do read a metric shit-ton of them. My friend Valerie Garcia recently […]
Perspective
Hey, Look! … it’s yet another, “Reflecting on 2018 and Looking Ahead to a New Beginning,” post! Not really. It’s yet another “perspectives” missive. However, it was spawned from working on yet another same-old reflecting article… A few days ago, I started looking for a image or two that might in some way help capture […]
Retirement — The First 100 Days
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, […]