With my boycott of pro sports continuing, I’m filling in some of the time by listening to podcasts. One of my favorites is “This American Life.” It’s interesting, quirky, funny, and heart-breaking at different times. You never know what you’re going to get when you start listening to one of their podcasts. On Memorial Day,
Category: Philosophy
Memorial Day 2016
It’s Memorial Day, and it’s raining. I think patriotism is a complicated topic. I think it is a good thing to be proud of your nation. But, I think it’s a bad thing to swerve to jingoism. So, for this post, I’d like to focus on those men and women who ventured abroad, fought, and
A Connecticut Weekend and Imposter Syndrome
Our children are in schools with different spring break schedules. This year, Mrs. T. took trips with various children, while I stayed at home with the others. So, I just took a belated spring break of sorts over a long weekend. I fished. I went to a river in Connecticut and stayed at a cheap
Redemption and Shaka
It has been an interesting week. Serendipities about writing and choices. First, I read Frank Britt’s article about how we write our own life stories and have the ability to change our paths. Then, Anne Mitchell wrote a comment in response, mentioning a Jeff Bezos idea that we are the sum of the choices we make.
‘Top 5 Regrets of the Dying’
When my friend Mike Connell told me he was going into hospice, my heart broke. When my mother started receiving palliative care, everything changed. I know, I know. This is a morbid post. But, bear with me. Ever since Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos told me about his desire to avoid life regrets, I’ve been trying to
‘We Are Our Choices’
I asked: “Why did you quit your hedge fund job, pack up everything you had and move to a new city to start a risky company?” He replied: “I wanted to minimize life’s regrets. You regret acts of omission, not acts of commission. You regret what you didn’t do rather than what you did do.” I