I had dinner with a group of non-work friends tonight and we were talking about upcoming vacations. Some people are worried about missing too much work, some people don’t care. I laughed and said, ‘In the end, we’re all replaceable. No one should get TOO comfortable.’ They laughed. I said “Really. one of the first [...]

Categories: Giggin' · R-R-Rambling

When I was 8 or 9 we lived in Zephyrhills, Florida for awhile. We actually lived there a few times, I don’t remember what installment this was from, my sister might. That’s not the point though. We were living at a dropzone called Skydive Phoenix, named so because it had burned down and was rebuilt [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling · Skydiving · The Fam

I keep having ideas for blog posts when there’s nothing I can do about it - like when I’m driving to work, in the middle of a meeting, or about to fall asleep (the second and third examples there often happen at the same time). I think “I should write this down so I can [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling · Shutterbuggin'

J: Should I get you an Easter basket this year?
K: I think there’s still candy in the pantry from last year.
J: So no?
K: Yeah. Or we can wait until next week, and just buy candy on clearance.
J: …
K: What? Is that bad?
J: It does take some of the magic out of it.

Categories: R-R-Rambling

Jef’s answers the question “What are your top five favorite donuts” while he is half asleep. This entire conversation happened while his eyes were closed.
1. Maple glazed from Dunkin Donuts.
2. Apple cinnam…
Wait. No…
1. Maple glazed from Dunkin Donuts.
2. Plain glazed from Krispy Kreme
3. Apple cinna….
Wait… jelly…
1. Maple glazed from Dunkin Donuts
2. Plain glazed from [...]

Categories: Jef · R-R-Rambling

Not to get all Star Trek on you, but I think my internal time-space clock is broken. The past two days I’ve woken up and thought it was Friday. That’s somewhat of a problem because it’s been Monday and Tuesday (respectively).
Today I had to put a date on a document and was taken by surprise [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling

Five years ago we were living in DC. I was working from a home office for a dot com called Nine Systems. I’d only met a handful of my teammates - the ones that came over in the e-Media buy-out with me - the rest were in the main office in San Diego or the [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Jef · R-R-Rambling · e-Media

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
~T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”

As with last year, and the year before, I’ve come up with a list of ‘indulgences’, as opposed to ‘resolutions’ for the new year. These aren’t things I think [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling