Ravings of a Madman

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Quote of the day

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
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“Don’t let assholes rent space in your head.” From an article about internet trolls and how to minimize their effect. When we are confronted by a negative person or event we have a choice. We only have a limited supply of intellectual capital – brainpower and we are constantly faced with a choice of what [...]

Failure is success Part II

Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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Just read a great article in Fast Company about James Dyson…. sorry… SIR James Dyson.  He’s definately my new hero.  I’m sure you’ve heard of his company which makes the Dyson vacuum.  It is the best selling vacuum in the USA and he is a pretty rich guy in Britain (now). Takeaways His vacuum took [...]

Wow, that’s messed up

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
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So, a friend of mine posted about the Virginia Tech shooting recently. I suggest if you haven’t read it yet, to go take a gander. I wanted to leave a comment there, but after trying to write it twice I decided that it would come off more as a rant… perhaps a Raving if you [...]

Pearls before breakfast

Monday, April 16th, 2007
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I recently ran across this article in the Washington Post that really touched me. I’ll probably write more about it later, but this article really embodied for me the reason why I’ve chosen this path for my life. Do you think you would have stopped? If I was on my way to work in Southern [...]

Want less stress?

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
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52 proven stress reducers

Profound thoughts on our small world.

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
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Doc Searls usually has interesting things to say about things going on in the internet space. Today, he wrote a post entitled Wholes in hearts that has very little to do with the internet and everything to do with life. I think we all need to step back sometimes and reflect on what we really [...]

Naps = good

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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I can sleep when I’m dead. I’ll just take a nap for now.

Thought of the day

Friday, October 13th, 2006
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates 399 B.C. We can all do something to improve our life and the lives around us.

Selling Soap

Thursday, September 28th, 2006
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Great article about Cedars-Sinai medical center in the NY Times (reg required) and their quest to get doctors to actually wash their hands (they should know, right?). Trust me, I’ll be watching my doctor a bit more carefully the next time I’m around a hospital. It was really interesting what motivation works… I won’t ruin [...]