When I consider the many road trips I have been part of in my life, from my first trip to New York City to times I have taken my family to Cedar Point, to the holiday trips to see family, I can’t imagine taking them without the Interstate system of roads we use today. But…
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Day 7,431 – I Can Make Music
One of the advantages of living at home while going to college is the financial opportunity. I went to a state school, I wasn’t charged room or board, and I had good jobs as an engineering co-op student. Since computer gadgets didn’t yet exist, my interests were much more in music. I had already built…
Day 7,046 – Sleep is Overrated
I ran across this quote recently, and it made me think about my first all-nighter: Sometimes, exhausted / with toil and endeavour, / I wish I could sleep / for ever and ever; / but then this reflection / my longing allays: / I shall be doing it / one of these days. -Piet Hein,…
Day 20,007 – I AM an Athlete!
There have been a few times in my adult life when I decided I needed to exercise more and tried running. It didn’t take too well. Eventually some reason came along to get in the way. Inconvenient to schedule due to weather or light, boring, hard to measure results, can’t seem to find the right…
Day 5,128 – I’m Not an Athlete
I’ve alluded to it in at least one other post, but I did not do well in sports as a kid. I played baseball and basketball in elementary and middle school, but more out of peer pressure than interest. That’s what we did when we played outside. In my grade school, we had gym class…
Day 4,448 – I Rule Out “Baseball Player” as a Career Choice
Maybe I gave up to soon. Maybe steroids would have helped – if we knew what they were and how to get them. But I was pretty sure somewhere in my thirteenth year that the game of baseball was one I would enjoy from the stands more than from the field. There are many signs…
Day 19,999 – Today
Like most people, I enjoy a little special attention, and gifts, and cake of course. But I never have been a big birthday person. Years come and go, but the markers – the milestones – are the events that have an impact on your life. The ones that make you consider your core values and…
Day 5,209 – Team Work Leads to Amazing Results
I was seven years old when I started to learn everything I could about the space program. The manned space program. The Mercury program. Just before I turned seven, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. But day 5,209 was the day that Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. It was…
Day 14,731 – You Can Do Anything Well – If You Are Willing To Work At It
It seemed like a big investment for an untried hobby. But I promised my wife I would start with just the basic equipment, and would only buy more if I progressed enough to warrant it. Besides, a table saw would come in handy for some of the projects that need to be done around the…
Day 9406 – Be an Early Adopter
There are many more significant days in my life than this one, but day 9406 is technologically significant. This is the day I bought my first computer, the Apple II Plus. I had seen a TRS-80 (Radio Shack) and at work we had a few IBM terminals that attached to the mainframe, but it wasn’t…
