over the course of the last 2-3 weeks, a local basketball team has made an amazing run at a state championship. unfortunately that run ended last night in the final four but it’s been amazing to hear people get excited about something. it’s been amazing to hear people come together to support this local team [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 25, 2009
Wednesday thoughts…
Things that I think are funny:
You know when talking to peeps about driving to another city or the beach, a good 8-10 hours away, or even shorter distances too. And someone inevitably in the room chuckles and says, “aha, yeah takes me 6 hours to get there”… then everyone sorta confirms this ability.. OK newsflash, [...]
March 19, 2009
6 years later
So much has changed since then-President Bush announced we were invading Iraq to disarm potential wmd and to liberate a people held in bondage. We now have a new president who campaigned on a promise to withdraw troops, something he has since agreed to do, not really much different than the agreement Bush had in [...]
March 18, 2009
good timing?
today around 11:30 I got a phone call from a frantic wife who just ran over some piece of metal and blew a tire out in the van. While on the phone and as I’m about to head out the door - a good 2 minutes later at best – my wife says, “wait that’s Christopher coming [...]
March 18, 2009
Not so random thoughts…
On my now dark, early commute to the YMCA, these thoughts came to my mind. Probably directed by reflection of events happening around me:
attitude reflects leadership – great quote in great movie – speaks truthfully and it does hurt at times
you don’t always get what you want in life; it’s your reaction that determines character. [...]
March 12, 2009
What I’ve learned from Tiger Woods
Many times I get made fun of for really enjoying watching Tiger Woods golf. In fact, it’s been said that maybe I have a man-crush on him. Should I point out my biggest critic has been spotted lately wearing a hockey player’s jersey? Nah I won’t do that, but hockey?
Anyway, here are a few reasons [...]
March 9, 2009
progression, reflection, and dst lag
Usually I don’t suffer from daylight savings time lag, but for some reason, this year it feels like I did some crazy LOST time travel and am stuck several hours behind, yet here we are on Monday morning. It’s probably more to do with Amber working all weekend and getting the boys up Sunday morning, [...]
