Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Could this pop the education bubble?
I found myself in a interesting discussion about a month ago with another guy about my age and two current college students. We talked about a wide array of topics but at some point along the way we got on to the subject of their experiences as current college students. I made mention of the…
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GoPro video and commentary from this weekend's local IPDA match
Keeping with the approach I started with the MI Match video, I added in some quick commentary, mostly for me to keep track of what I did well and where I need to improve. Fun match, great squads and good weather. Can’ ask for much more!
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90 Second Book Review: Self Reliance
This book doesn’t need an intro, so I’ll make it short: Self Reliance was one of several essays written by American Transcendentalist movement. Emerson is also sort of a Socrates to Henry David Thoreau’s Plato. You can read it online for free, but the specific version I am reviewing here was put together by the Domino Project. It…
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Without moral support the very strength of a state becomes it's inherent danger.
A few weeks ago I got home from an annual long weekend in southern Kentucky and immediately caught whatever illness that my wife and daughter had been dealing with in while I was camping. It wasn’t any big deal really, but one night I woke up at around 2 in the morning with a raging…
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Syntopical podcast listening: why it's so hard to have a real conversation these days
Despite the cooler fall weather, I’ve still had to mow quite a bit which means podcast listening time. It’s not all bad though since of late I mostly work from home, which has cut down on my commute related podcast listening time, so about the only time I get to catch up on the 30 or…
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90 second book review: Red Queen
Red Queen, by Matt Ridley, is another book that made it on my “to read” list somehow that I can’t quite remember, and came to be on my “to read” pile by way of Half Price Books. Since I can’t remember how I became aware of it, I also can’t remember what interested me about…
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90 second book review: Tribe
Tribe, by Sebastian Junger, explores the ties that bind small groups together though the lens of men that go to fight and die for their country. Tribe was an impulse buy for me. I listened to an interview that Junger did on the Tim Ferriss podcast while mowing, pulled my iPhone from my pocket, did…
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90 Second Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness
I must admit that I don’t quite recall where I first heard about the subject of this quick review, but as has happened many times, that intergalactic portal that sorts through the thousands of books I’d like to read and picks the right one at the right time to send my way did its job…
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Match video and commentary from the Michigan State IDPA Match
I traveled to Brooklyn, MI this past weekend to particiapte in my first sanctioned / State level match (truth be told, I was already in the area for work, but that was just a lucky coincidence). It was the Michigan State match held at the Brooklyn Sportsmans Club. It was a great facility and a…