A couple nights back, Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game in which he got 28 batters out. It’s a well publicized story that I won’t get into except to say that umpire Jim Joyce blew a call and robbed a guy of one of the greatest feats in all of baseball. Nobody’s really that upset [...]
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You don’t have to
March 2nd, 2010
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For about five years, I played Uno over lunch. Nearly everyday, we’d grab our trays and cram as many people as we could around a table in our chapel-teria. The first person done would deal cards from the double deck, well worn from being clutched, slammed, smacked and thrown into minestrone soup. We invented a [...]
Working on something…this video may be related
February 25th, 2010
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The New American Career Path
January 21st, 2010
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Step 1: Get a job. Step 2: Be great at it. Step 3: Get a different job with unrealistic expectations, no support, and an exclusive contract that keeps you in that job for multiple years. Step 4: Whether or not it’s your fault, under-perform so badly that your employer is so unhappy that they will [...]
Tweet Unto Others 3: Creating meaningful space
January 11th, 2010
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That’s Jason Whitlock’s bobblehead figurine. I got it for Christmas and it sits on my desk. I don’t keep much on my desk: An architect’s lamp, a sketch pad, a fine-tip sharpie, a coffee cup, a nalgene, a desk phone, an iPhone, a book, a stack of papers, a computer and various wires to make [...]
Time to steal the Baby Jesus: Thoughts on Preparing for Christmas
December 8th, 2009
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Christmas prep 2009 has begun. Most of us have begun our Christmas decorating and shopping. Here in Colorado Springs, the snow has been falling non-stop for the last 48 hours. It’s a Norman Rockwell painting of Costco outside my office. The first real snow of December always pushes my mind further toward Christmas. But it’s [...]
Tweet Unto Others 2: Put the social in social networks
December 4th, 2009
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Sometimes the most obvious things are the ones we miss. If I can’t find my keys, I’ll go from room to room looking under the bed, on the ironing board, inside the fridge, etc. But chances are, they were sitting in plain sight within five feet of the door. I’m sure there’s a psychological phenomena [...]
Making a (living)? Thoughts on giving on World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2009
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My friend John is a word nerd. It’s one of the things I like best about him. He’s always playing with words, making them do things they shouldn’t be allowed to or should but aren’t. I think part of it is he was a linguistics major in college. I think the other part is he [...]
Tweet Unto Others: Thoughts on being a good neighbor online
November 23rd, 2009
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Jesus isn’t much for answering questions. All through the New Testament, Jesus ignores the question when he gives his answer. A friend once asked me if I thought this was rude. I admit that for a while I did. I felt guilty about this and chalked it up to his being God and that when [...]
