Happy Sunday Morning!.  this morning finds me practicing some NLP techniques by LISTENING to an economics lecture and READING lyrics / poetry from Dan Wilson, the old frontman for Semisonic now turned solo artist / producer.  I’m also reading what ‘Shaggy’s Mom’ says about black swans and dark pools. Taking notes from my informal class, [...]

Question: ‘Do you have regrets?’ Leonard Cohen: “You can read the life you’re living but you cannot change a word.” I found some found gem’s one our media share today, they brought me down memory lane with a huge smile on my face. Live’s Throwing Copper- Recall I was in the batters box, Schulenburg Texas, [...]

12am to 5am with coffee is sometimes what it takes to push through challanges. life here seems to be that feeling from 6.30am to 10pm.  pop on the headphones and focus. plenty time to think, plan, develop a formal appreciation for what you’ve got, lament, sculpt your body and soul.  the process never ends, just [...]

highlighted in james p carse’s book finite and infinite games, there is a distinct differenct between resonance and amplification. Resonance – a choir singing the same song, multiple parts Amplification – Person with megaphone the psychology of when and where we employ these to mediums to deliver message is fascinating to explore.  one day i also [...]

amazing how words in a song can say one thing, and the music speaks to something else – on the surface, a beautiful love song, the music speaks to the sound of the last night on earth – what happens that last night on earth? do all the lights go out? or do we hop [...]

A militarized zone seems to have two types of people: The cyborg muscle types The frumpy contractor who hits the macadamia nut cookies too hard The ‘fit’ people all have their philosophies and strategies making it sometimes hard to wade through the self-proclaimed subject matter experts.  Also there are books, websites, methods ad-nauseum on the subject. [...]

I always think about the 4 F’s that need to be overcome to summit everest. Fear, Fitness, Financing, Fate Let it be known, the Fishbowl Gym, Baghdad Iraq is where the true push to superior fitness began.  Sean D and I are going to make it up there, hopefully before I’m 40 –

Just two new years resolutions, neither of which are instant gratification, but rather a kaizen approach to life More freedom from ritual and institution Weening away from cynics Only the shallow know themselves – Oscar Wilde