Happy Reboot!
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. ~W. Edwards Deming “Survival is not mandatory – you can always just quit!” -Sgt Newcomb, USAF At the time, I was certain he’d eat my brain…skull and all; however Sgt. Newcomb had a special task, to train recruits into soldiers. All the running, shooting, yelling, running, cleaning, drills and running is not where the magic is. Sgt Newcomb taught me to embrace and negotiate change. “Put it on your calendar” says David Allen. Mark it two weeks out – a change is coming, are you...
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read moreAlan Barrett
My friend Alan Barrett died from cancer this week. I’ve only known him a couple years – but I knew he was mad cool when he ordered a gin and tonic at the Christmas party…that’s my drink! A fellow east coaster and awesome at bar music trivia, he carried the classic rock/punk questions like a champ! I can’t imagine telling my daughter I’m not going to be around to see her grow up, yet Alan had two daughters he thought the world of. I didn’t get to say goodbye. He was my friend and I wanted him to win this thing, we had more bocce ball to play,...
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From Wikipedia: A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus. It is often claimed to descend from the Greek gnosis, “knowledge”. Growing up gnomes were never the lawn ornaments they are today. Gnomes were secretive creatures of tinkering with things arcane and things mechanical. That’s Digital Gnomes – tinkering, prodding and creating with the digital arcane… since the days of the Radio Shack TRS-80 and a tape deck. I wouldn’t say secretive –...
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Thomas Jefferson thought the concept of Thanksgiving was “the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard.” The traditional cornucopia was a curved goat’s horn filled to brim with fruits and grains. According to Greek legend, Amalthea (a goat) broke one of her horns and offered it to Greek God Zeus as a sign of reverence. As a sign of gratitude, Zeus later set the goat’s image in the sky also known as constellation Capricorn. Cornucopia is the most common symbol of a harvest festival. A Horn shaped container, it is filled with abundance of the Earth’s harvest. It is...
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