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I was standing there with three grown men arguing over who had the most useless junk in his garage. “I can’t even walk through mine.” “I can’t even open the door without junk falling out!” “I have to hire someone to move out some of the junk so I can see what junk I have!” I proudly proclaimed…
DetailsFor a DJ, the worst possible disaster is dead air, the agonizing moments of silence when you should be filling the airtime with words or music and there is just nothing. It doesn’t matter if it’s a technical glitch or human error, you can almost feel the impatient audience “tuning out” with each second that goes by. They’re…
Details(Click photo for full size) This is Patterson Pass, a winding road that connects Tracy with Livermore, California. It snakes through windmill farms and dry pasture, often narrowing to just one lane, and the view from the peak is incredible. It’s kind of like those desolate roads you see in halftime commercials, where the luxury…
DetailsSo many people are spreading thanks around this time of year. I see digital shouting in facebook, broadcasting thankfulness to family and friends. I can also sense silent reflection on what we have… not what we don’t have. It creates a collective epidemic of joy that is having an infectious effect on me. However, with…
DetailsI’ve been drawn to trees since I was a young kid, mostly as a climber. This old tree caught my eye on a hill that I drive by on my way to work. The tree is interesting because there are no other trees around it. It’s all alone on this hilltop, struggling against the elements…
DetailsPhilippe Petit does the impossible… just because it SEEMS impossible. You may recognize the name of the man who walked on a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, a story you should see in its entirety in the Academy Award-wining documentary “Man on Wire.” My son Evan and I just had the…
DetailsJust got challenged by my friend and co-worker to “write a blog post on that.” This challenge came right after I asked him “Got everything you need?” Now that I think about it, that really is an impossible, rhetorical question to answer. No one EVER has ALL of their needs met at any given time,…
DetailsWe all learn to deal with stress in different ways. I learned by watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. Remember when Marlin Perkins sent Jim Fowler into the jaws of danger while he provided color commentary from the safety of an armored jeep? “It looks like Jim has successfully gained the crocodile’s attention, and he…
Details“I see your true colors shining through. I see your true colors, and that’s why I love you.” Why does this Cyndi Lauper song stop me in my tracks every time I hear it? It makes me visualize an old painting, like the ones you see on the antique roadshow. “My Great Uncle Henry had…
DetailsOne of my friends asked for the secret to remembering people’s names at a party. I won’t reveal her age, but she’s old enough to be a little short-term memory-challenged (like me.) I actually learned a great technique for remembering names early in my career. 1) Prepare to hear the name (I mean really get…
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