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Weekend in the Berkshires.

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

Love it up here with Johanna’s family. Went to the Norman Rockwell museum. My favorite:

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Passion, Crushing It, and Elevators

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

I’ve found myself recommending Crush It, by Gary Vaynerchuk to several people recently. It’s very inspiring, especially the audiobook version, read by him.  In a nutshell: be passionate about something, create a personal brand, live your passion, be patient, make money eventually. For me, identifying my passion is the hardest part. I LOVE building websites, vinyl, [...]

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Welcome to Athens, GA

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Some first impressions – this city is much hillier than I anticipated, which makes having a fixed-gear bike a little tricky. Also, it’s WAY hotter than it should be. – Our house isn’t accurately on Google Maps, which amuses me. We’re in a neighborhood called 5 Points, which has a nice little retail section, but [...]

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Next Stage In My Life

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Yeah, I’m marrying the dog too.

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How I’m feeling today

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Dunning–Kruger effect

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

“ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ” Bertrand Russell Dunning–Kruger effect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Success is being who you are.

Friday, December 11th, 2009

I’m a natural observer with an analytical approach to understanding peoples’ motivations and actions.  My weakness is that it often takes me longer to realize the same truths about myself. I believe people enjoy everything they do.  They complain a lot because they enjoy complaining.  They read a book because they wanted to read that [...]

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luddite?

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

I have a subscription to the Sunday New York Times, but more often read the paper online. I listen to more podcasts per week than I do radio over the airwaves. I watch more video per week on my computer than television. I make purchases at Lowe’s more often than my local hardware store. This [...]

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Bernard Pivot

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

1. What is your favorite word? funny. 2. What is your least favorite word? fear. 3. What turns you on? Absurdity. 4. What turns you off? Women wearing uncomfortable shoes. 5. What is your favorite curse word? Something I used to say when I was mad as a child: Stupidfuckingdammitshitassholebitchdick. 6. What sound or noise [...]

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Bands I've Seen Live

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Old buddy (and RANA fan) Jon Gilbert posted a note on facebook that prompted me to do this. My List

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