Author: Chris

Want to have a better day right this minute?  Read this article and try avoiding at least one of these things right now. This is the most comprehensive list of the “silent killers” of distraction I have seen. Highly recommended. Far more detrimental to our lives are the subtle distractions that quietly surround us. They…

From a (Chesire) cat: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” “I don’t much care where –” “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

Yesterday I married my best friend in the whole world. Today we celebrated our 20th anniversary. I don’t worry about tomorrow so long as I get to spend it with her.

One of the pieces of advice I gave my children early on that I wish I could take back is: “when you grow up (and get a job) you are going to have to learn how to deal with boredom.”  My thinking (and experience) at the time was there are times when I am bored…

Fascinating post from James Altucher on Techcrunch yesterday where he shares the answers he gave to his daughter about what he does: My daughter Mollie had a homework assignment for her guidance class that had her ask me what I do for a living. This put me in a weird position. I do a lot of…

I need to break a bone or something so I can have some time to work this down.

I am a lazy beekeeper. Despite my best intentions it’s about all I can do to crack open my hives and do a deep check once a month. Some of it is time scarcity, but more of it is just a lack of knowing what I am doing. As a result of not checking my…

I finished reading Zealot by Reza Aslan last night.  The book claims to be a look at the historical Jesus (as opposed to the theological or christological Jesus) and it does site a few other sources outside the gospels and epistles.  It mostly consists, however, of the author’s projections (or imaginings) of what was likely…