Hindsight
My friend and co-worker Rob Snyder recently filmed a short documentary entitled “Hindsight.” In it, several people contemplate what they would do differently if they had the power to go back in time...
View ArticleNHL Lockout Revisited
Late on this (of course), but better late than never. Remember when I said that I wasn’t missing hockey that much due to the lockout? Turns out that was a vicious lie, because hockey and I are...
View ArticleDisney World Trip Recap
My wife and I recently went to Disney World. She was there to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon, and I was just along for the ride. The race was on Sunday, February 24th, and we flew down on the...
View ArticleFor Boston
I’m relieved to hear that the second suspect in the Boston bombing has been arrested. While I don’t live in Boston, I do have family in the area and one of my brothers is currently attending college in...
View ArticleBack from Washington
Kasandra and I got back from Washington, D.C., today. Kasandra was running the Nike Women Half Marathon, which took place on Sunday. She had never been to D.C., and I haven’t been since I was little,...
View ArticleWanting
History is not pre-determined – there is a place for human agency to influence events. However, agency only stretches so far. Human actions are constrained by time and space, as well as by the social,...
View ArticleForging A Chain
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” – Aristotle It’s all well and good to have excellence as a habit, but how does one establish that habit? I recently read...
View ArticleStarting with Chains.cc
I mentioned at the end of July that I would be trying out a new productivity method to encourage several behaviors I wanted to develop – namely writing, exercising, and doing things around the house. I...
View ArticleWeekend Recap
Even though this weekend was no longer than usual, I got a lot more accomplished than usual. Maybe it just feels that way because I managed to do a few things that I have been meaning to do for quite...
View ArticleWeekend Recap/Coming Up This Week
We had another busy (and snowy) weekend here. After dropping Kasy off at the train station on Saturday morning, I headed in to the office for a few hours. Even though December is generally a slower...
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