I’m a passionate guy. When I enjoy something, I try to enjoy it to the fullest. And that goes for just about everything in my life. As a kid, more than anything else, I wanted to play in the NBA. Seriously. I used to play 6+ hours a day in the summer, working on techniques...
Category Archives: Life Musings
Portland, Oregon: The Endgame
T-minus 80-something days till my wife and I make the trek down to SoCal. We’ll be there for at least a year, but hopefully (depending on my job situation…and hers) we’ll be there for a few more. But finally knowing that we’ll be leaving, and there actually being a real date for the move,...
Encounter Weekend
It was a wonderful weekend, full of surprises, meditation, worship, secrets, prayer, and great conversations. But mostly for me, it was a break from real life. Don’t get me wrong, it was jam-packed full of busyness and exhaustion, and there wasn’t really much downtime overall (which for an introverted guy like me, was a bit...
I Wish I Were A Sociopath
…not a psychopath, a sociopath. I don’t want to be manipulative, just less encumbered by my empathetic ways. Okay, fine, I don’t really want to be one, and if you ask my wife (or family…or friends…or corkers…), she might tell you that I’m dangerously close to already being one, but hey, sociopaths have all the...
Life on the Road
It’s been a long 7 days since I arrived in Phoenix, Arizona. Seven. Days. Wow. It feels like a month ago when I walked off that plane and into this forgotten, barren land. (The subtext of this post is me not loving Phoenix.) We arrived here last Wednesday — by we I am of course...
And Other Beer Matters (part 2)
Beer. It’s the third most consumed beverage in the world (after water and tea). It’s widely talked about, written about and even sung about. However, it is easy to argue that beer is most enjoyable when consumed. If you’ve known me the last few years, you may have figured out by now that I like...
Why Photographers Suck
Warning: Stereotypes will be propagated in this post. We had a lot of problems with our wedding photographer. A lot of problems. And the more I talk to others trying to get their wedding logistics in place, it seems like we’re not alone. Whether it’s taking forever getting prints back, showing up late to shoots–or...