Next week I will partake in my first sprint triathlon. Training has been great fun, although sadly I am thinking now that I need quite a bit more of it. Although probably just last minute jitters. This time, by myself, weather in a pool, bouncing on the treadmill, biking circles around west cliff, or reflecting upon my left side cramp trying extremely hard not to give up and … [Read more...] about Running, Water, and Purpose

Barack Obama says it takes only a few minutes a day to be a dad, is that so? I think it only takes a few minutes a day to change a diaper Come on men, come on society for that matter. What if we said it only takes a few minutes a day to be a mom? I guess it takes a villiage to raise a child, and takes a dad to change a lightbulb!!! … [Read more...] about Take time to be a dad (a draft from the past)

The pre-recession system of compensation has not gone away. The banks now know that their liabilities are backed by an implicit government guarantee, that being the taxpayer. They will continue to get us coming and going, while we all just sit beside and smile. Yet the middle working class men and women will continue to loose their retirement savings, their homes, their … [Read more...] about The Audacity of Hope

There is a phenomenon titled loss aversion, we humans will hold onto things for extended period of times, often not because we need them or that they necessarily enrich our lives in any measurable way, but because they have become ours and simply because they are ours.  We have gained an emotional attachment to them, they both go up in value to us (in relation to the value … [Read more...] about Ownership, Religion, Loss Aversion, and Predictable Irrationality

My post will for today will be a look at the wisdom of Albert Einstein"The World As I See It" … [Read more...] about The World As I See It