We ran 6 rounds of dishes through the dishwasher the last two weekends, again. All our silverware, bowls, and every coffee cup that fits in our Keurig were among the casualties. There are two of us in our home. Four, with the puppies, but they’re better at washing their coffee mugs than am I. Given […]
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60 Days on MyFitnessPal: in & out of routines
60 days into My Fitness Pal and I’m really starting to turn it into a routine. I get those little instinctive shakes, similar to the kind of shakes the you get the moment you realize you lost your car keys, if I forget to make an update. Even more exciting, it’s taking over as the […]
[Review] ”Kobe: The Interview” – Why entrepreneurs and everybody & their uncle who are looking to fulfill dreams and goals should watch this interview between naps.
For those #TLDR disciples who just want the reason why, click this. While procrastinating on some client writing earlier this week, I woke up from a nap and caught most of “Kobe: The Interview,” Kobe Bryant’s interview with Ahmad Rashād on NBA TV. It took place the morning the Lakers announced that Kobe was missing […]
Letting go of assholes [The Afternoon Chat pt. 1]
I had a buddy hit me up on chat today and ask: “How do/did you figure out what to do with your life? (you’re kind of a mountaintop guru in my head, except wearing a t-shirt and shorts.)” How does anyone not reply with such nice flattery. He reminds me of me. He’s more trusting […]
First warn your family about the homeless epidemic before taking them to downtown San Francisco
Powell St. station. Dublin / Pleasanton Westbound home. Two trains short of the drunk train. At least, that’s what we called the last South Shore train back home. We met up with Katie’s father for dinner just off the Embarcadero. He’s in town for a lawyer conference. We had quite the exceptional time with him. […]
30 Days on MyFitnessPal. Why I went back after two years away – and the results so far.
I first started using MyFitnessPal back in fall of 2012. It was cool, to a point. In the end it became too much work to continue add every food in I found because their database didn’t have it. Especially if you wanted to track more nutritional stats than just calories. I also wanted to get […]
The courage needed to focus on Joy
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions anymore. It’s not that I don’t like them – wait, that aint’ right. I just don’t like them, Sam I Am. I don’t like the basic premise behind New Year’s Resolutions Hey, create a static goal and then try to complete it come Hell or high water for fear […]
Why I want to curb content consumption [media addiction]
Steve Dalton asked what I meant by the last post, “Curbing Content Consumption.” Looking back on the post, I can see what he meant by that. I stuffed the post’s intention in cute little tag lines but never really expounded as to why we wanted to curb our content consumption. I knew why. Those in […]
Curbing Content Consumption
While we talked with Cassidy, the lady in the window seat, we got to chatting about the sacrifices she made to further her career. She’s worked since she was 15. The job takes her where the story is, even if it’s after 5pm on a Friday and halfway around the globe from her family during […]
The zen behind the Christmas all-night ride up to the Oregon Coast
It’s Christmas night. Katie and I are somewhere over The Rockies on a Southwest flight from Chicago to Oakland, heading home. The flight should land around 9:40pm, PDT. With Baggage claim and Jay picking us up, we should be home before 11pm. After five nights of little sleep and hanging with friends & family during […]