My mother and her many (7) siblings were raised by my grandparents on Main Street in Newtown, CT. Just down the street from the town general store and the picturesque flag pole you’ve seen on the news. The home is not unlike other homes on the str…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth #32 – “Fair Share” is Bullshit
I’d consider myself fairly politically agnostic. I’ve voted for both sides in elections past and voted for our president to get another four years last week. And as much as the conservatives did a better job turning me off with their tea-party, le…
Read moreLocation Independence Part 3: Freedom
So you’ve stopped making excuses, and set yourself up for success. Now what? Did you do all of this so you could watch more episodes of Live! with LT and Kelly Ripa? Freedom can be dangerous if you don’t use it well. So do something. A few ideas: …
Read moreLocation Independence, Part 2 – Logistics
Getting permission to be location independent is the easy part. Being good at it is much, much harder. People have all kinds of strategies for making it work, here’s what works for me: Leverage technology – Conference calls suck, emails suck. I us…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth Recap: #1-31
Its been a year since I wrote my first Unverifiable Truth. The goal was two fold: heed my own advice and post more regularly & have a more focused format for my own ramblings. Before I push out another year’s worth, a quick recap of a few stats fr…
Read moreLocation Independence – Part 1: Excuses
Where do you live? Work? Travel? It has been written more eloquently many times before (like this, this, and this) but your physical location is less and less important as technology continues to evolve. Yet most of the feedback I get about my lif…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth #31 – July is the Best Month of The Year
Unverifiable Truth #30 – Patience is Overrated.
Patience is good in a parent. Patience is good with a dog. Patience is good with a new employee. Patience is good in a teacher. But when does it go to far? Offices are filled with mediocre employees who underperformed from the get go, with bosses …
Read morePickles & The Bachelorette – Adventures in FAILure.
It is about midnight in the middle of the woods and I am laying on the rocky ground. Through the dense fog the headlamp-lit silhouettes of four female reality tv show stars appear. The first women says “you look terrible…would you like pickle?…
Read moreWTF is An Adventure Race?
Most often when refer to competing in an “adventure race” I am met with inquisitive responses ranging from “oh you mean like a Tough Mudder” to “what the fuck is an adventure race”. Seeing that we’re less than 24 hours out from our next race I tho…
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