Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…

Longer write up coming later. 

On the occasion of having been on earth for 25+ billion miles as it travels around the sun, here is the small bit of wisdom that occurred to me today: Nothing stays the same, so do your best to make it better. 

I am an amateur beekeeper.  To be honest, the only thing I am professional at is being an amateur.  I had to get into my hives over the weekend and this is the first year that I’ve had a full bee suit – jacket with a hood, gloves, and pants.  I used it the for…

For your viewing pleasure, GoPro video from this weekend’s IPDA match at Lloyd’s WMA in Crittenden, KY.  It was a rough morning (truck died on the way to the match) and I had the normal distraction of setting things up and getting things going which comes along with being the match director, so when I…

Had a personal goal to make it back to the symphony this year. So here we are. Date night tonight and back in about a month with the kids for The Eroica.

From Seneca’s 22nd letter (hat tip to Tim Ferriss): Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long. Sums up what I find so intriguing about stoicism in one sentence. 

As of a few hours and a few minutes ago respectively, my two children celebrated their fifteenth and seventeenth trips around the sun.  They are a source of endless fascination.  I hope I have taught them half as much as they have taught me.  They have taught me joy, perseverance, and strength.  Most of all…

For all of you that don’t understand my position of not voting, read this. (HT to Stephan Kinsella for posting Facebook…only changing media since this ended up being too long and I know no one will actually read it there). This article, written almost 20 years ago by Wendy McElroy, describes exactly my thoughts when I hear…