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Ego is a hard thing to kill. I’ve decided it’s impossible to do away with entirely. When I talk about ego, I mean egotism, you know, conceit, self-importance. Every time I try and beat my ego down, it comes limping back like an injured dog, ready to take its place by my side. To be [...]

. . . A good friend of mine, Tom Hunter, sent me a book about a year ago called Musashi. It’s historical fiction about Miyamoto Musashi, a famous samurai and swordsman. I started the book a long time ago and I have just picked it up again. I’m about half way through the thousand pages, [...]

. . I was watching a show, as I often do, on the internet. I like to watch weird things like fashion reality shows and shows about salons. I don’t know why, but I do. This show was about distressing jeans. Apparently there are companies that take brand new jeans and make them look old. [...]

Kids are great. They’re curious and creative and free-spirited. Sometimes they’re mischievous and they write on walls and tear shit up, but that’s why God gave them parents. Parents who need to watch them. Don’t bring your kid to the school if you can’t watch them. If they’re too young to not know that writing [...]

. . . I live in a little house, it needs a new roof, but I like it. It’s close to the mountain and although I pretty much hate hiking, the trailhead starts just up the street. A lot of people like to hike; I see them walking to and from the trails from my [...]

The weeds in my backyard are teaching me about balance and harmony. This is a lesson I need to learn. Sometimes my life is left lopsided in the following of passions. Balance is a must. In my yard we have a lovely plant called Virginia Creeper; I actually like it, it roots, it climbs, it [...]

High School Jiu-Jitsu Video from the Standard Examiner

The amazing thing about us is that we can chose to do or not do. I will do. Tonight, via iTunes, I watched a show about artists, and one of the artists was talking about her decision to follow her dream of being an artist. She asked herself if she could do anything in the [...]

. . . I don’t like to kill things; I try not to if I can help it. That’s why there’s a spider kingdom in my basement, and an ant army on my deck. My neighbor called my ant colony an infestation, “You have to find the nest and spray it with poison.” Don’t nests [...]

I’ve written about this before, but the more I think about it the more I’m convinced it’s true, and that is the more you study something, the more you give and sacrifice for your passions, the more you learn about life. Whatever your passion is, whatever you invest time in learning or doing; the chances [...]

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