October 2011
2 posts
Letter to the City of Wilmington and Verizon
The following is an e-mail I recently sent to James Baker (Mayor, City of Wilmington, Delaware), Norman Griffiths (Council President, City of Wilmington, Delaware), and Lowell McAdam (President, Verizon Communications).
Mayor Baker, Mr Griffiths & Mr McAdam,
I am hoping you can provide an update on a matter that’s important to me. In November of 2008, a decision was made to reject...
"One more thing..."
On Wednesday, October 5, 2011, it was announced that Steve Jobs, co-founder, sometimes CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Apple Inc, had passed. At a time when much of the world is mourning the loss of a person who dared to think differently, it’s difficult to put together thoughts that won’t simply fade into the background of the ever-chatty internet, but I think that’s a good...
August 2011
1 post
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust"
Last Wednesday, August 24, 2011, I received a call from my brother; “Hey, bud, mom died.” were his words. I was caught off guard. Kat and I had just seen her the week before. She seemed to be doing as well as somebody living with cancer can be; she had a plan. For reasons that I honestly can’t put into words, my relationship with my parents had become strained. We...
March 2011
2 posts
"...pursuit of happiness."
It has been weighing on me lately how much potential there is in our lives to spend time doing things that are not self-gratifying. This has especially been on my mind since finding out yesterday that one of my customers passed. She was only 66.
I don’t claim to know her well, in fact, I would say that I didn’t really know her at all. What I mean is that I knew her in a purely...
Hello World... Again.
Here I am again. Another year, another “new” website. I don’t know how many times I’ve gone through the routine, thinking I found the next best way to do this, got all excited, only to abandon the effort a few weeks in. Well, the odds would dictate that’s likely what’s going to happen again, but I’d like to hope not.
I’m going to start this off...