Observations

This is a collection of things that I see in front of and behind my eyes. These posts have been published near daily since October 2016.

Doing It 100 Times

By some quirk of fate, 100 days ago I started doing not just one thing every day, but two things. Neither of them were intentional decisions to do it for 100 days straight

Hello CD Listeners

In 1989 Tom Petty released Full Moon Fever. This was still in the transition days from cassettes to CDs. Albums still existed, but they were sliding fast. Mr Petty acknowledged this change with

Written versus Spoken Language

There is an entire generation who uses the word “like” as an interrupt word similar to um and uh. Speakers train themselves to pause instead of using these words. My daughter was saying

Jungle Creatures

While snorkeling in Belize I got water in my ears. It took a few days to clear, and I knew that was a signal that something was not right. I also continued to

What is Brosé?

I thought this was pink wine for bros. It turns out to be a combination between beer and rose. I don’t know which is worse.