Despite considering myself a serious musician for most of my adult life, I’ve had a difficult relationship with practice. Most musicians are less than thrilled with practice, so this is not unique to me. I don’t know what motivates (or should I say de-motivates) most people not to practice, but for me it’s been a […]
Clarinet Practice, Despair, Vade Mecum, and You Read Post »
Another game of putting things asideAs if we’ll come back to them some timeA brace of hope a pride of innocenceAnd you would say something has gone wrong – Something’s Always Wrong – Toad the Wet Sprocket Note – I started writing this post in April and had to leave it and come back to
Lies, Big Lies, and Time Management Lies Read Post »
I’m working on material for our Wednesday night study of the book of Judges. This isn’t going to make the cut, but it’s interesting: Adam Clarke on Judges 6 and the incident of Gideon asking for the signs of the golden fleece:
Obscure Sayin’ – Adam Clarke on the Book of Judges Read Post »
In the spirit of this series on LinkedIn, I offer you a tale of a five month hiatus from the family business I worked in when I was younger. For years, a marketing professor who had acted as sort of a mentor to me when I was in school had been encouraging me to apply
My Best Mistake: Taking Someone’s Word on Taking a Job Read Post »
Smith’s Law of Marginal Utility: The abundance of chargers or removable media of a given type* is directly correlated to their obsolesce .
Standards and Smith’s Law of Marginal Utility Read Post »
I hate to admit it, but after ten years in e-commerce I very nearly fell for a message similar to this a few months ago. It’s a slightly slicker variation on the various e-mail schemes that are out there, mainly distinguished by asking for something specific that the company I work for sells (custom imprinted
The E-Mail Scam That’s Alive and Well Read Post »
The AOPA regards “Get-There-Itis” as a syndrome that “claims the lives of dozens of pilots and their passengers yearly.” My own term “Get-It-Done-Itis” isn’t quite as serious (nor does it roll off the tongue half as well), so I don’t know if it will catch on. But it’s a syndrome that has weakened quite a
I don’t frequently get political, but it seems about every year (or less?) we have to get activated about Congress trying to pass legislation without understanding the technical implications. I’m very pro law-enforcement, and have a close friend who works for DoJ – he’s told me in the past that getting a search warrant is
I just recently moved, and the best thing about it, besides picking up 500 more square feet and a garage, is that I FOUND ABOUT 15 MISSING CDs! When I did the “load all the CDs into my iPod maneuver” earlier this year, I’d had the nagging feeling I was missing some. In fact, I
No, really – loading ALL my CDs into the iPod classic Read Post »
Started a twitter conversation about iPhone vs. Android that is gonna take more than 140 characters… My wife got an iPod touch well over 2 years ago. She got an iPhone 4 maybe a year ago. Meanwhile, I’ve had some smart phone or another for years, the latest being the Motorola Droid (sometimes called Droid
Old phones, planned obsolesence, and you. Read Post »