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My first memory of success

MemoriesMay 16, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I had a time in my life when I spent my days intimately involved with a small group of people who were utterly and completely dedicated to personal development and understanding--best folks could--the mysteries of the universe. It was a divine time. And while a challenging one, I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Their dedication,…

Perhaps the biggest challenge of them all

ExperiencesMay 14, 20171KViews 1Like 0Comments

I’ve gone through different periods in my life where the fear and claustrophobia of being in a cave overwhelmed me. It wasn’t just fear around caves, per se, but having to crawl through a small, tight cave opening. From one room to another location. Through a tunnel. On my belly. must ... get ... out I…

Why you need a discovery phase project

Other WritingApril 16, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

An app development company was running up against the same issue repeatedly with some customers not understanding the development process and why the first stage--the initial discovery phase--of the project was critical for understanding a client's goals and articulating what it was, in detail, that was going to be developed ... and at what cost. Hence,…

Are generations globally relevant?

GenerationsApril 8, 2017651Views 0Likes 0Comments

As more and more companies are doing business across country lines -- whether it's through satellite offices, having vendors or suppliers in other countries, or having customers in different countries -- it's important to know: Are generations globally relevant? Unfortunately, this answer is not cut and dry. In this video, I'm going to address this…

Four stars

Stories big and smallApril 3, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

My passenger is one minute away, though it takes me a little longer to get there. I wait. I call her. Lyft doesn’t have a text service for drivers and passengers to connect (only phone calls, though I wish they did provide text.) She tells me she is on her way down! I’m feeling annoyed. So…

Like in ‘The Godfather’

My books ... and bitsMarch 10, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. I pick up a young guy from his job at a nearby fast-casual restaurant. He’s a junior in high school (the same school I attended). He’s Black, has dreads and is of slight build. Bam! He sits in the front passenger seat. He’s my second-ever, single-passenger, front-seat…

Uncommon thoughts on bacon, cannibalism and religion

Things I PonderJanuary 2, 2017844Views 0Likes 0Comments

I closed out the year by doing a ceremony with the entheogenic grandmother medicine, known as ayauhausca, followed by another entheogen: frog medicine, or Kambo. Both have purgative qualities, the frog medicine much more so than the grandmother medicine. When the opportunity arose to do these ceremonies, I couldn’t think of a more fitter way to end the…

Killing time

MemoriesDecember 28, 2016988Views 0Likes 0Comments

OK, who is familiar with the fictional works of Caleb Carr , a brilliant writer? A couple of decades ago, I read a handful of his Victorian era books (The Alieniest, then came across this one, The Killing Time, in 2001, right after the events of Sept 11th, 2001. In this book, some rebels plot to…

It’s legal now

My books ... and bitsSeptember 10, 20161000Views 0Likes 0Comments

One of my Uber Chronicles stories. You smell like pot. That’s the first thing that comes out of my mouth when two white, early-20s guys get in my car. They chuckle. Yeah, it’s legal now, they say. Yes, I know, I respond. I tell them I’m not much of a smoker, having quit smoking…

A world of pink

Burning Man, Little BitsAugust 24, 2016855Views 0Likes 0Comments

Things are quite pink at Pink Heart camp. Here with the lovely Ali Young during Build Week at Burning Man, setting up the pink furry lounge so well known and visible on The Esplanade. Photos of the completed camp, over the years. Featured image from Halcyon. If you're wanting to go to Burning Man, def read my book!

The astrologica told her

ExperiencesAugust 15, 20161KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I purchased a new bike a few weeks ago--a black one, but I returned it and got a different one. After purchasing the initial black bike, the store owner was helping me 1) get my bike rack secured on my car and 2) get my bike secured on my bike rack when a strange—and I mean…

Good Practices for Using LinkedIn

Other WritingApril 2, 2016921Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 2010, I had an accounting-firm client whose business had been purchased by a much larger and international accounting firm. In many ways, the sale was a good thing for them, but with social media being relatively new for company use and the new parent company not having any social-media strategy themselves, they placed restrictions…