I’ve always spoke of integration and its importance, my thought tonight drifts towards what it all means in context of social networking. finding voice, in terms of self enrichment, and self integration with friends, family, co-workers, potential clients, employees, bosses, political rivals, people of differing opinion, you can figure out what you think you want [...]

25 Random Things about me With a preface by Richard Russo: “In all my books the unhappy people are the ones w/o the wisdom to love the life they’ve been given.” behind the melodramatic exterior, there’s an Everest of sentimentality Wants to see all the world wonders in civilization, twice thought I’d marry the first [...]

6 finance / personal investing / stock books since the time ‘I have money,’ I’ve found most blogs on how to become rich are terrible. My approach, Peter Lynch meets Warren Buffet with a heavy hand of geopolitics. Find value stocks in things that you know, wherever they may be. I will stay away from [...]

Here’s what I’ve learned from Twitter thus far – The ‘permission marketing’ aspect is great. It’s like I have these cool smart people ‘forwarding’ me email, it’s me going to, not receiving from. From a ‘real life’ friend perspective, it’s very impersonal Someone who is ‘following’ more than a couple hundred people really isn’t following [...]

Like a Martin guitar, the experience will only get better with age. The logistics of getting to DC were a nightmare. Left Fredericksburg VA (approx 30 miles from DC), at 3.30 am, rolled up to ‘the area’ where everyone was at 9.10. About 3.5 hours in the car to the metro, 30 minutes in line [...]

My lack of understanding economics is killing me, for it’s crucial in truly understanding what’s going on. I don’t trust media outlets and blogs that say the sky is falling, its human nature to think that way, and its a sure fire way to increase ratings. Our collateralized debt obligation will lead to us as [...]

Great conversation today with co-worker who had similar experience in his youth as I recommended Wild Man’s Journey. Rites of passage, especially into manhood seem to have taken a back seat in modern times, especially for ones who’ve lost a dad. It’s a very fascinating human element the more you explore it, and also exhilarating. [...]

That’s right, Garth Brooks for the evenin’, I publicly admin to liking his tunes, ironic or not, a part of my past, and still a reservoir for life metaphor. I recall our high school history teacher, not only having the ‘we didn’t start the fire poster’ up, but also talking about the pros and cons [...]

On Jan 20th, much will be about soul. Masses will watching on television, and masses, like myself will be watching from 17 blocks away. I put faith in personality, emotion, trust, and intelligence, and someone who angers fundamentalists on ‘both sides of the aisle.’

Reading economic crisis story after economic crisis story would lead one to believe apocalypse is coming, however, the doomsday crowd always fails to estimate the creativity of mankind, and more importantly the cardinal desire for self preservation. Several times in the past year I’ve heard the rubber plane analogy. When faced with dire circumstances, with [...]