February 2012
4 posts
Going Bald for Cancer Research
Its true in just a few short weeks I shall be bald. Yes I have spent many years growing these beautiful locks and spend hours each day making sure its a good hair day. Fine maybe I just throw a baseball cap on and run out the door. The folks at my office are doing a fundraiser to raise money for Children’s Cancer Research. On March 15th I am going to shave my head for this and you should...
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“Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those...”
– Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
consumption
My time outside of work is spent consuming instead of creating. I read, watch movies, skim through twitter, and waste hours on the internet. Our culture is a consumer culture which I can’t help but wonder if we can change this. Most of my consumption is passive. I get stuck in the theoretical world and don’t engage my surroundings. The times in my life where I was most in-tune with who...
January 2012
3 posts
What are we missing?
I finished a fantastic book recently about Dietrich Bohnofer. Wow. He lived his faith. He saw injustice and actively fought against it. Every time I read something about the Civil Rights Movement or WWII it makes me wonder what are we not seeing. Looking at previous generations it is easy to wonder how did you not see the injustice happening. It seems so obvious. So what is staring us in the face?...
Just say thank you
You never now how much of a difference it will make. Every person in the world just wants to feel appreciated. Its true. Don’t take any small thing for granted. If you notice something say thank you. This is huge with roommates, co-workers, basically any relationship your in. If a roommate takes the time to clean the kitchen and no one seems to notice it is frustrating. Say thanks and see the...
As I started to figure out what my resolutions should be I also started thinking about what makes me comfortable with who I am. It is rare to come across someone who is completely comfortable in their own skin. Those people tend to stand out. They have figured out what their strengths are and more importantly what their weaknesses are. Curiosity is built into them. They help the people around them...
December 2011
6 posts
“Hearing WWII stories from my grandma, who was an army nurse and served in...”
Chip
The last week of my freshman year of high-school, my dad sat down at the dinner table and said “Andrew, I found you a job. You start at five a.m. on Monday. You are going to be a custodians assistant at the high-school.” For the next three summers I worked at the school. We moved desks, painted fences, pulled carpet, raced down the hallways, hid in a classroom to watch Armageddon (at which point...
November 2011
3 posts
Self-Reflection
A few times a year I end up closing myself off from the people that surround me for a time of self-reflection. It is a bit of time to evaluate what my goals have been and what they should be. I find this form of self correction is needed. It is too easy to worry about stuff that does not matter. Fear wins too often. Lupus wins too often. I sit in a coffee shop for a couple hours and figure out...
Four Years
Four years ago an emergency room doctor told me it might be Leukemia. It wasn’t. It did change my life. It is Lupus. It will always be there. It made me live life with the spirit of an old man. I mulled over philosophical questions of what it means to live with disease. I stopped taking risks. I started going to bed early and getting up early. I passed up opportunities. It doesn’t...
October 2011
2 posts
I need...
What would you like, says the lady behind the counter. The lady in front of me responds with “I need a latte…” I begin to wonder what I usually say. For the most part I don’t need. All of my basic needs are covered. If I missed a meal or two my needs would still be covered. Can I escape the entitled life that seems to be the norm? Can I change from the idea that everyone should respect me...
September 2011
9 posts
August 2011
12 posts
May 2011
9 posts
The eve of an adventure
Books have been selected. Gadgets have been unplugged. Alarm is set for hours before the sunrise. Tomorrow I fly over flooded highways en-route to a flooded hometown. To meet my best friend and continue to just shy of Canada. Where we will jump a train. Nineteen hours of reading, scrabble, food, and staring out windows as the country rolls by. Final destination: rainy Seattle to watch the historic...
Coffee. Art & Design Fair. Talented Friends. Guitar Lessons. Kentucky Derby. Bets. Fancy Hats. Drinks. Church. Tom Hanks in Big. Fantastic Day.
April 2011
1 post
“We are silent after hearing the Word because the Word is still speaking &...”
March 2011
4 posts
