I’ve been on the move essentially since I’ve been back from Poland. I had a day and bit off and then I had to pack my suitcase and hit the road again for a few…
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a week in review
I’ve been away delivering a week-long training course. I wasn’t able to sort my mobile broadband connection partly due to laziness and partly due to the flawed procedures 3 Network has in place. Despite that,…
wanted: wealthy patron
I found myself getting annoyed this morning, mainly at myself. It took a few minutes to figure out why. I think it’s because i feel like DOING something i.e. I want to be out mixing…
wanted: a drummer with a different beat
Go for it is the mantra that is banging around in my head at the moment. I can make my own way through this game with a little effort and a no fear attitude to…
10 things i want to do before i die
1. Climb the 7 summits 2. Change the world 3. Have something I’ve written or created in every home 4. Spend a year wandering the planet as a poet and storyteller 5. Build an island…
many are called but only few can hack it
In the twitterverse we are all little messiahs trying to convert the army of the masses into followers. Compared to twitter gods and goddesses like emilychange (2,358 followers) and calilewis (4,435 followers) and waynesutton (1,282…
sleeping beauty (ok maybe beauty is pushing it)
I’ve spent the last 3 nights in The Selfridge. Hotel rooms make me incredibly sleepy. Like a bear, I go into hibernation the moment I crawl underneath the sheets of a strange bed. I just…
i guess resistance is futile
I overheard two women chatting in a restaurant at lunch today. I know it’s not polite to eavesdrop, but I can blame it on being a writer and my interest in people and dialogue. Anyway,…
you are not who you think you are
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and…
the west point way of leadership
I read the West Point Way of Leadership by Colonel Larry Donnithorne. There were only a few useful nuggets in the book. Most of it was a pep rally advocacy for West Point. I am…
boxing day
I’m in that inevitable twilight zone between Christmas and New Year. Mentally I am finished with 2007, but not quite yet ready for 2008, which leaves me in limbo. I went for a short hike…
what do you think of barack obama?
From what I have read, I like the guy. He seems to be a person with vision. People, who know what they are about, inspire me. The fact that he has come from a modest…
indeed, why ask why?
“People say that we’re searching for the meaning of life. I don’t think that’s it at all. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences in the…
dingy cafes
And so I find myself sitting in a dingy café that lured me in with the offer of free Internet access. Only the access is not really free. You have to buy their coffee, of…
new reading list
“Writers are always watching people. In order to have output, we need to have input.” I am a tired puppy tonight. And once again, I ate the foulest tasting hamburger in the world. But there…
happiness is
Instant happiness is FORGET the past; FUCK the future, BE here now! (early morning insight while lying in my hotel bed)
work life balance
Work life balance is a myth. To be balanced is to be mediocre. Even Jesus eluded to this in the Book of Revelations: ‘…you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one…
do we need a map?
The map is not the territory. If you have the territory, why would you need a map? A map presupposes a destination, an endpoint to obtain, a goal. If I sent you an email that…