random musings

The Rapist Was Me?

November 2, 2011

Read the first part of this story, Believing Isn’t Enough, before starting the text below. I can’t guarantee everything in the story is absolutely correct, but this is my best recollection. I am almost always in control. Not of the situation or of other people, but in control of how I react, what I do [...]

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Believing Isn’t Enough

November 1, 2011

I believe in many things. I believe that things will eventually be okay. I believe in true love. I believe in the power of a determined group of people. I believe in my ability to solve most of my, or anyone who asks, problems. I’m not a psychiatrist or magician or anything special, I just [...]

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First Day Of School at Highline Community College

October 26, 2011

My parents took video of nearly every first day of school. This is the last video I ever shot. Four classes, two of which were gym? My life rocked.

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What Happened To CenPhoCamp?

October 17, 2011

I’m seldom completely satisfied with the work I do and what I ship. There’s always something that could have been done better, could have been started earlier and could have been promoted more. My life has been filled with rough drafts turned in as final copies, last-minute scrambling being good enough and a general sense [...]

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Steve Jobs, Imaginator

October 5, 2011

Whether you liked him or not, let him or not, Steve Jobs changed the lives of everyone who bought Apple products, and even those who bought competing ones. My love for Apple products has changed my life; whether it was igniting my interest in tinkering with computers at my dad’s print shop in 1986, making [...]

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Buying this book will save lives

September 7, 2011

Every day I yearn to be a part of something greater than myself. I want to improve lives, right wrongs and remove obstacles to success. I yearn for this because I think success isn’t a zero-sum game. But this isn’t totally altruistic. The selfish part of me knows that if others get better, the bar [...]

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Southwest Air returns customer iPad

September 6, 2011

Air travel often sucks. No real amenities, crappy food, short-tempered crew and passengers and a general uneasiness that comes with trekking from town to town with a plethora of tech gadgets designed to make our lives easier. It’s that last one that freaks me out the most. I’m always very mindful of where my iPhone [...]

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PodcampAZ is looking for a few good speakers

August 31, 2011

WE NEED SPEAKERS! Nominate here One of the reasons we love PodcampAZ so much is the endless supply of information. We also realize that the term “media” is growing up, and always expanding. No one rolls their eyes at using Facebook anymore to promote, because everyone links to Facebook! Many companies and freelancers make social [...]

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You want to talk authenticity?

August 15, 2011

It’s stupid to talk legacy while accomplishments are still in the “being formulated” process. It’s ridiculous to think of what you’ll say in a retirement speech decades before having it up. While many a high achiever has already at least dreamed about their acceptance speech to whatever organization they’d like to honor them, it’s short [...]

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Non-essential personnel

August 12, 2011

During my 19-month foray into corporate America, I learned many new terms that I would never, ever hear anywhere else. Phrases like “non-rev”, “non-essential personnel” and “reach out” bounced from talking head to talking head. At first I thought this was a code designed to keep me out. A sort of cool lingo that was [...]

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