January 2012
1 post
December 2011
4 posts
“why are we continually asked to check our intellectual integrity at the door...”
– As an entertainment provider, I wholeheartedly refuse to participate in this surrender.
“When Daniel Boone goes by,
at night,
The phantom deer arise
And all lost,...”
– Stephen Vincent Benét
Daniel Boone
Once, when asked to build a fire in a backyard pit after a thanksgiving meal with friends, I caught a glimpse of the care with which we’ve treated our forests (previously felled or otherwise).
It’s a strange analogy.
It might not even be an...
November 2011
10 posts
“And if you at 12 are drawn to the same songs that I am at definitely-not-12...”
– Peter Cooper
from this article
This is so simply written.
It’s a perfect example of what makes Peter Cooper such a great writer— he’s able to convey an idea that would have taken me at least a paragraph to get out of my system. And, perhaps it’s a fitting reminder that...
“When I grow up, I want to be a politician.”
– Nobody.
It’s truly a shame to me that a vast majority of the future leaders of my generation— the ones that we would willingly turn our eyes to in the hopes that a brighter future exists just over the horizon, one that could arrive sooner rather than later through their participation...
“Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while....”
– William Least Heat-Moon
Blue Highways: A Journey Into America
My friend Juli Thanki recommended this read to me, and I’m eternally thankful that she did. I’m also glad I didn’t read it before I chose to put pen to paper.
good: morning
I find that the older I get, the more I view the morning hours as a friend.
This is a change that has occurred over the course of the last year or two, and to be honest, I am glad for it. It’s not right, after all, that anyone should view a segment of the day as anything other than a friend. I’m more creative in the morning, and I’m more productive. I wrote the bulk of my book...
“self-imposed endurance is the only self-assurance you are ever going to find...”
– Josh Grider
Stumbling On The Edge Of Greatness 