It's that time of year for the top 10 albums of the year. It's been a special year, music has been a best friend, the heart and mind open, the tunes plentiful. A special nod goes out the to the gal from Colorado who's been my first and foremost filter for new music. Below, a biased [...]
Today the term Celestial Bureaucrats caught my ear, made me laugh tremendously, so much so that I went out registered the domain name — Interesting concept when taken into account what they actually are, perhaps after watching my 5 DVD set of doing business in China, I'll have a plan…if only i knew Mandarin. [...]
YET ANOTHER pitch for Roman Candle, who's album has SKYROCKETED to perhaps my top 5 of all time. They're talkin' to me, I'm listening intently and reading what they have to say, just so much to skim off the top. It's truly like having a conversation with a best friend I haven't seen in a [...]
30 years ago I'd wake up Saturday morning and watch cartoons, 20 years ago I'd wait for wrestling on Saturday night and playing Rygar on Nintendo, 10 years ago I'd be lying in bed nursing a hangover, today I wake up and go to work for 12 hours, coming off a 12 hour day, leaning [...]
In the private sector, you get rewarded for on time and under budget, in the public sector, you're rewarded by building an empire. You NEED more time, you NEED more resources. Private sector, money is the bottom line, public sector, lives are often the bottom line. Why the disparity in efficiency? I keep telling myself [...]
It's been a long time since I've clung to a band like the past few months with Roman Candle. What makes me gravitate towards them? Clear, concise lyrics — While reading amazon review I see the album bashed because of the literal nature of the lyrics, and how that tends to get annoying. My response, [...]
15 year class reunion next year. When I was a younger lad I couldn't wrap my head around this sentiment. I once read that at your 10 year anniversary, you show up in a BMW and say, hey, look how cool and successful I am, at 20 years, you show up in a minivan and [...]
But there's one thing I've learned for fact, There's a Music You can Only Hear When You're Starting from Scratch I let the beautiful words of Roman Candle fill my Bose noise cancelling headphones, I get whisked away to what I'm almost sure will be a more elegant time in life. Tonight I think the [...]
Being deployed is much like prison, lots of time for reading and exercise. My current favorite philosopher / statesman, Cicero of Ancient Rome, considered one of the most versatile minds of the time. the books for the time, 29% done, 71% to go – Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy [...]
Lots of time for introspection in the desert, working the noon to midnight shift, a ritual of mine is hanging out facing the airport over a man made lake, looking at the planes and helicopters flying around. Thinking about history, what always went down in the books was were the civilizations ‘rubbed’, not the Greek [...]