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A noise in the city made the children run and hide themselves away, and thunder boomed and lightning filled the sky April 4, 2011 No Comments

Ev Williams said ’10 years of hard work will make you look like an overnight success.’  I agree and must add, as an army buddy says, ‘fight the tank.’ When a tank rolls into the equation, it must be taken out.  Battlefield psychology has proven this time and time again, and the people who reap [...]

How’s that bricklayin’ coming How’s your engine running Is that bridge getting built Are your hands getting filled? March 28, 2011 No Comments

In regards to gatekeepers as they pertain to academia, one has to provide the appropriate keys in order to continue learning.  I was required to produce a self-recommendation letter for continuing education.  My current boss calls the resume your ‘love me wall,’ I find these letters to be a much more humbling and harder to [...]

You’ve got the attic window looking out on the cathedral And on a Sunday evening bells ring out in the dusk March 27, 2011 No Comments

Often times I’m sitting at a bar having a beer or two here, looking at the locals, wondering what’s on their mind…In Texas I’d usually just ask, here it’s a mystery. In many ways the struggle for purpose as an expat takes unique paths.  Music has always gave me purpose, and like a diligent groupie, [...]

a one hit wonder with no hits March 24, 2011 No Comments

As we wait for chemistry and physics to help us define the way forward, as we sway with the growth and energy curves, Ben Folds with Nick Hornby push the psychological and sociological curves ahead. Belinda, not much for the average listen, but a wealth if insight and sadness to the keen ear.

I used to work it out with my head in a cloud, A record machine playin’ out loud, I guess my fate had to turn, Followed a star to a candle that burned March 18, 2011 No Comments

Quirky little things I put a significant amount of thought to…..when you’re driving a new vehicle off the lot, what’s the first tunes you’re going to play…Things like that sorta get emblazoned in the noggin’. I had to go with the theme that fits my life best here in Europe and blare Roxette’s new one [...]

Just on the border of your waking mind, There lies… Another time Where darkness and light are one March 8, 2011 No Comments

Many things come to mind would be an understatement for: 1: Ben Folds 2: Prague Cluttered through the history of these ramblings these two forces have been recurring items. Just seeing this wonderful man belt out angst ridden pop ballads and gut wrenching said songs makes my heart scream with joy and wallow in sorrow [...]

Alice the world is full of ugly things that you can’t change pretend it’s not that way that’s my idea of faith February 28, 2011 No Comments

As the days go on while being on the payroll of the paranoid, I keep thinking back to a quote by Joseph Nye, “It’s not whose army wins; it’s also whose story wins.”  Meanwhile, as Senator Elect Gary Johnson says: Remarkable things are happening across the globe. People are taking to the streets to demand [...]

And the moment will come when composure returns, Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall February 24, 2011 No Comments

One thing that ol’ Ben Kweller instilled in my thoughts was the statement ‘I want to see everything TWICE!’  I was lucky enough to step foot in Vienna the second time around, 11 years later, what a heck of a ride since the first round.  It’s been so fun, inspiring and humbling. I wanted to [...]

All the things that you thought you knew Have been replaced by things you have to do And you’re throwing punches with your father’s hands At a universe nobody understands February 16, 2011 No Comments

Initial thoughts: In the land of technology, abundance and automation…how is it relevant anymore to name drop ‘the founding fathers’ and what they’d do about the political climate?  Did they realize we’d all have iPhones?  How did we go from Cato the Elder to the clowns we now have on TV?  What about reconciling the [...]

Feel her breath on my face, Her body close to me, Can’t look in her eyes, She’s out of my league No Comments

There comes a time when a man has to have personal dialogue with himself.  A time to seek spirituality, inner peace, and what’s right and wrong.  There’s a time when thoughts trump actions, and actions speak louder than words, a time to reflect, a time to be curious, a time to let your emotion run [...]