Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Mason getting ready for his last debate at camp
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Back to the trail – part 2: White Mountain Adventure
This is podcast 2 in a two part series (part 1 here)on our 2018 section hike of the Appalachian Trail through the White Mountains in New Hampshire. ?Kendall and I recount our various adventures and sum up with what we are taking away from this most recent walk in the woods (more mountains than woods…),…
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Back to the trail – part 1: White Mountain Adventure
A little late in getting this posted, but we hit the Appalachian Trail again this summer. ?It was Kendall and I, plus Mason this time as well as 4 friends from church. ?This trip all got started last summer when I was talking about our trip to Shenandoah and Greg, a guy I go to…
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Working in a crypto mine
I’ve been a crypto currency enthusiast for a few years. This past Christmas, I decided to do more than dabble with investment and take a try at mining. Mining the premier crypto coin directly, bitcoin, is out of the question for the hobby miner without investing in ASICS which mostly (completely?) come from Chinese manufacturers…
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Camus on finding respite in the thick of battle
Sometimes synchronicity works in your favor and sends you just the idea you need right when you need it. One may long, as I do, for a gentler flame, a respite, a pause for musing. But perhaps there is no other peace for the artist than what he finds in the heat of combat. ?Every…
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Has it been long enough to forget?
I hope not. That?s different. This western-front business couldn?t be done again, not for a long time. The young men think they could do it but they couldn?t. They could fight the first Marne again but not this. This took religion and years of plenty and tremendous sureties and the exact relation that existed between…
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It was good
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Bitchun' or Die?
I just finished reading Homo Deus, the second book from Yuval Noah Harari. ?I loved his first book so my expectations were high. ?It didn’t exactly disappoint, but it didn’t leave me as excited as Sapiens. His first book was a look back and this one is a look forward. The basic thesis is that…
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Putting a finger on something I have been sensing
HT to Tim Ferris and his weekly email 5 bullet Friday for pointing out this recent essay from David Byrne on MIT Tech review. I’ve been sensing this for a while now, resulting in more time journaling, meditating and going out in the world to be with other people and spending less time on my…