Category: Thoughts

It’s funny how easy it is to do something when you have the proper motivation.  I’m sure the military is well aware of this through the use of drill sergeants.  Back when I was working out on a daily basis, my motivation wasn’t an inconsolably angry person in a smoky…

There are these people, you probably know them.  They are your birth parents and the people who raised you.  Sometimes these are the same people, sometimes not.  And like you, they are separate from you, individuals.  They party or they don’t, they have dreams, they sacrifice, they are selfish and…

Advice is a funny thing. Advice is nostalgic statements that people give out to help them feel better about their own choices in life. I’ve always believed that since most of the advice I’ve ever gotten has seemed off a little to me. Like the time I talked to my…

Lesson for all budding photographers out there: BE ORGANIZED. I may have a messy apartment, and maybe my desk is a little disheveled, but take a look at any part of my computer or the digital asset databases that I have domain over and you will see that they are…

Look at this… [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.817262&w=512&h=296&fv=] There’s creativity, and then there’s blow your mind creativity.  As a photographer among many accountants, I’m often labeled as an artist at my admitedly very corporate job.  And sometimes that feels good because I want to be someone different from the regular pack animal.  I’d…

It’s a very strange thing to look over some of the facebook/flashback pages of people from grade school that I left behind the day I moved on from 8th grade. I look over the friends of one person that I didn’t mind only to find that they are friends with…

Ninety-seven years ago today, an undersized rudder, brittle steel, faux smoke stacks, too few life boats and general human asshattery conspired to bring about one of the most widely publicized boating accidents in human history. “Iceberg, right ahead!” was the call and 37 seconds later the Titanic buckled her side…

    “How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?” -Plato, 428 – 348 BC I was told by my father once that if you write down…

“I was driving back, and I looked up and I couldn’t believe it. I pulled over and got out of my car and I just started crying.” -Anne Hillenbrand, upon seeing the bright stars in the clear Kankakee sky I would spend hours gazing up at the stars when I…

If you are looking for a very nice little home in upstate New York, close to mountains and gorgeous fun roads, my parents are selling my grandparents’ home, which they helped build. I put together a website with details on the building of the home, the way the home looks…

There are few moments in life as satisfying as the moment when you get to prove yourself correct in an argument. You may remember this moment demonstrated in Annie Hall. Well today, blog, I had that moment. I was in the midst of scheduling hell (by the way, I’ve determined…

Lips are amazing.  Here’s an interesting experiment.  Take a paperclip.  Unfold it just to the point where it forms a perfect U shape.  Now make the two point ends about an index finger tip width apart.   Close your eyes. Press the two points on the bare skin of your…

So, growing up with a parent who could play a musical instrument or two, I was lucky enough to have my own song. It’s pretty easy and most people could learn it in about 1 minute. Here goes: JaaaaaaaaaaaayO…N…AaaaaaaaaaaaaaayT…H…AaaaaaaaaaaaaaayThan an Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn That Spells JONATHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNThat Spells JONATHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAnd I love himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmHe’s my…