Taking turns is simple. You go, then someone else goes, then someone else. Then it’s your turn again. Or not. Maybe it’s never been your turn? Uh oh.
BETTER MEN? BETTER THAN WHAT?
October 11, 2024 by
The idea of better men is different than Best Man. If you’ve ever been selected as a Best Man, you know what better feels like. Somehow, someone valued your friendship, in spite of how you might value yourself. Can anyone be a better man? Let’s not get carried away.
BACKING UP AND ADDING ON
August 26, 2024 by
Backing up into a parking space is normal? It’s getting that way, but there’re still holdouts. – People who always back into to parking spaces think they better than us. – I back into my parking space in the garage and the garage is inclined up…I also do it with a manual transmission car, […]
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REMINDERS
July 4, 2024 by
Who needs a Personal Development Plan? A PDP? More like who doesn’t. From cradle to grave we’re either doing personal development, or planning personal development. It’s good to have a plan to work. But if your goal, your plan, is to become a world class jackass, keep working.
TRAVEL PLANNING IN ADVANCE
May 20, 2024 by
Travel planning began a year ago, unbeknownst to me. A couple we know had taken a cruise and were ready for their next adventure. Turns out these people are more adventurous than most, with a passion for learning new things. We had connected through yard-bragging one evening at Andina in NW Portland before a Portland […]
PEP TALK? MY BEST MEMORY BEFORE A BIG WRESTLING MATCH
April 25, 2024 by
When does a pep talk make all the difference? You’re warmed up, ready to go, just as the coach gives last instructions. As a high school wrestler in my second year, I needed all the pep I could get. Ordinarily you wouldn’t put a second year guy out against a well known mauler, but . […]
THE WESTERN WAY + + +
October 26, 2023 by
The western way shows a solitary figure on a journey of self-discovery. That was my goal when I started. Just me and the boys and a dog. John, Bill, Stu, and Ruby. I would encase the memory like high-silica ground water does to fallen logs buried in mud. Except my memory would take three weeks, […]
CLEAN UP ON AISLE U
July 11, 2023 by
The clean up work never ends if you look hard enough. But what if you never look? We’ll get to that. First take a look around right now.
MAJOR COMPLAINT OR GENERAL COMPLAINT
July 5, 2023 by
Major complaint: the specific reason for being here, or there, or anywhere. But why complain? If you want to be smarter, thinner, richer, happier, what’s stopping you? First, you need a plan.
FIGHT TOGETHER, OR AGAINST EACH OTHER
May 1, 2021 by
Fight together if you have goals and aspirations. Face it, going it alone is too hard. A solitary life won’t understand how this works. Neither will a shallow life that bows to every new fad and flavor. The problem for too many is what to do if they bow down so far they fall on […]
