“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing in the tempting place.” -B. Franklin
I just read Taming the Bicycle, in which Mark Twain tells of learning to ride a Penny Farthing bicycle. I would like to take the time to thank all those engineers, inventors and cycling enthusiasts who have brought us the modern bicycle. I don’t know that I would be as tenacious as Mr. Twain in [...]
I don’t remember exactly when I discovered 43Folders; more than likely while searching for information on David Allen’s Getting Things Done. I’m almost certain that Merlin Mann’s site was my first taste of what those in the know call productivity porn. I found his insight addictive. Soon I got turned on to other sources and [...]
I should not judge Mr. Armstrong, but I cannot help but think, on the news that he will will race again, of A.E. Housman’s poem
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.
To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring [...]
A few years ago my friend Tsuyoshi Fukumoto introduced me to Pandora and my sense of wonder in music was restored and exponentially expanded. I introduced a few other folks to it, feeling like a kid in grade school who was going to trump everyone during show and tell. My pal Paul Salcido wrote me [...]
Generally, I find that I am reading more than one book at a time. I will read a few chapters of a fictional piece and then pick up something historical or self improving. I go back and forth between the two, or sometimes three, unless it is something totally captivating that allows me to focus [...]
I bought new undies today - Hanes’ boxer briefs, tagless, comfort waistband. I have worn a size medium for a while, but apparently medium has changed. On a pair of boxers only a couple of years old, also Hanes’, the label medium reads 32-34, on my new pairs medium reads 34-36.
We’re getting fatter. But I [...]
Above my desk, I have a post card from my great friend, Kevin Rioux. Dated 22 December 22, 2007, the post card reads:
Tim-
Are you writing your book?
Hm?
Scrivere!
I started on a book a while back and told Kevin and others about it. Truth be told, by the time his postcard came I had allowed myself to [...]
“If you want to make God laugh, tell your plans.”
Pardon the brief post. I just thought those were words worth sharing.
Bird nerd that I am, I glanced up at our feeder this morning while Ashley and I were sitting in the back yard with Erica and Damien - and saw a bird that I had not seen before. What an honor to be visited by such a handsome bird. Unfortunately, this shot is taken through [...]
My wife, Ashley Mortenson, will graduate from VCU Medical College on May 16th.
What an amazingly challenging and fun four years have passed for the both of us here in Richmond, Virginia. In 2004 we got off to a crazy start, went through some times that would break marriages that weren’t as strong. We had [...]
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