Summer 2026

This past 5 months has been the definition of uneventful. What I can say is this: every day that I am still working for my current company is a good day. Since the company acquisition the culture has taken an about-face. A lot of the family I have built over the past 10 years is retiring or leaving without backfill. This creates this office culture where every feels their time will come when.. Read More

Summer Time Check-In 2025

So this may seem like a forced post because in many ways it is–I don’t necessarily need to get anything off my chest. I do like noting where I am figuratively and what’s going on in life in this journal. My hope is to one day reach retirement and perhaps have time read and relive some events. Feature photo is of my new office digs. The office campus recently moved a little closer.. Read More

Something About Setbacks Setting Up Comebacks

It has been an especially eventful several months. My “silent stallion” now has another dent from being rear ended for the second time in two years. I just can’t seem to catch a break over here. I’m wearing a splint over my left hand after surgery for removal of a dorsal ganglion cyst. I’ll have it for about another week or so. Although without pain, it is terribly inconvenient. Let’s unpack the rear.. Read More