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I don't think I've ever had this much green.

I just realized something. I think I impute disorganization and poor decision-making and lack of direction upon the group for which I previously worked because they hired me. Seriously: what were they thinking.

I'm alternately flummoxed and amazed at the ability of almost everyone to exist in their own private world and space whenever they want. To stream whatever song on their iPhone speaker and hold it up, or put in an AirPod to check out just a little.

The updated Minecraft soundtracks are solid and good. Worthy successors to the originals.

Did the advent of the internet inadvertently usher in a new monoculture, when it intended to foster a boundless flourishing of human thought and expression?

Without fail my favorite part of flying, when I so rarely do, is to catch a bird's eye glimpse of how people are using their phones now. What apps are they using. Are they still killing then. What do we do in our mindless time killing moments. What do home-screens look like. Endlessly fascinating details of life.

The essence of humanity is a group gathered around a fire telling tales to pass the time

Have you ever made the mistake of thinking anyone cares about what you like and enjoy? About your preferences in music or movies? About what you want to do in a given situation - how to spend the time? I have. Many many times. And it is a mark of my pride and selfishness that I keep thinking it matters - that what I think might matter to others.

Jesus said Don't put new wine into old wineskins. But I say to you Pour the fresh coffee into yesterday's

Good call for Pres Biden to Not make comments at the Hiroshima nuclear attack memorial.

To the parent who is playing their Switch during your child's violin clinic: What is wrong with you?!? Find some rhythm in your life.

M got a major hair re-do yesterday. It took two hours in the chair. And the dog barked at her when she got home. I didn't bark, but I gasped with joy.

"Originality is hard to define in words, but it is possible to describe and reproduce the emotional state it evokes. I try to attain that emotional state each time I sit down to write my novels. That's because it feels so wonderfully invigorating. It's as if a new and dif ferent day is being born from the day that is today. If possible, I would like my readers to savor that same emotion when they read my books. I want to open a window in their souls and let the fresh air in. This is what I think of, and hope for, as I write--purely and simply."

  • Haruki Murakami

"Originality is hard to define in words, but it is possible to describe and reproduce the emotional state it evokes. I try to attain that emotional state each time I sit down to write my novels. That's because it feels so wonderfully invigorating. It's as if a new and dif ferent day is being born from the day that is today. If possible, I would like my readers to savor that same emotion when they read my books. I want to open a window in their souls and let the fresh air in. This is what I think of, and hope for, as I write--purely and simply."

  • Haruki Murakami

Is it acceptable to encourage competition between your kids? To get one to want to be better than the other at a skill or pursuit? To let them know that "You need to push a little harder to stay ahead your brother - he's gaining on you." Or "Are you just going to let her be better than you?"

I've realized over time that the beer in the recliner during the football game constitutes a male safe space that is simultaneously sacred and profane in our culture.