There are many things that define me—my career, my friendships, the places I’ve lived—but none of them come close to the role that matters most. First and foremost, I’m a father. Ask anyone who knows me well and they’ll probably tell you I talk about my two sons far more than is socially acceptable. I […]
In all my 52 years so far on this earth I’ve never owned a dog. It’s not that I don’t love animals. I absolutely do but it just never worked out timing wise. My dad refused to have a dog while we were growing up except for the 1 year my mother brought home a […]
Hear how a dad considers what gift to give his son as he graduates high school and heads to college and adulthood
Charlene (Char) Schill is in a word, a firecracker. The OG firecracker. Posthumously she would hate that I’m writing this tribute about her because she never wanted or needed the attention. Most of her life is grounded in how she focused on and affected others in most profound nurturing way, me included. An adopted daughter born […]
Pretty much everyone in high tech has atleast one head shot of themselves. Whether it’s on their employee badge or their Linked in profile or avatar for online work conference calls. It’s everywhere around us! And in quite a few cases many of us are running around with photos that look like we just got […]
Every year at Thanksgiving my father and my step mother fly down from their home in Canada to visit me and my family here in California. It’s a tradition we’ve had for many years and hope for many more years to come as we finally get back some some semblance of normalcy in the time […]
Bloke – According to wikipedia, a slang term derived first in the 19th century that refers to a common man in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Globally the world is full of us blokes. Some are good ole blokes. There are naughty blokes, sentimental blokes and old fashion blokes. And […]
(Disclaimer – If you think this will be a traditional helpful hint guide that tells you all the ins and outs of the parks, which apps to use, which Disney characters to seek out and where to save a $1 on a coke please turn that cruise ship around now and find another port of […]
Sheltering in place, it’s time to fantasize what we really want to do again to get life back to normal
