I’m on a quest to fold 1,000 cranes but it’s not the legend that’s driving the cause. Although I don’t think it will hurt. I met John Mandes shortly after I moved to Denver. It was more like he met me in all honesty. Introduced by my sister no less. John struck up a conversation with her after she had stopped by my place. I think John saw it as his “in.” Looking back, it was odd because he was never shy about saying hello to anyone. I never gave much thought at that first hello but we became quite good friends. I have to share somethings about John. John…

A few weeks or so ago my Mother broke her hip. She fell out of bed ending up head down, feet up, doing all kinds of unnatural splits. Brave woman. She had the sense to get up, recognize something wasn’t quite right, ignore the blood dripping from her ear where she smacked it, and pick up the phone to call my Father. He was out on his morning walk and just getting back home. An Ambulance was called for, no lights or sirens but still. No one needs to start their day that way. As my Mom said later, she got to meet 5 really hunky men and take them…

Selfies are just part of social media. I loath them just a little. Fascinated by them a whole bunch, and probably post too many. It’s a rather easy thing the selfie. Take your phone, find an interesting spot, and SNAP… a selfie is born. Some say it’s an act of vanity, and maybe that’s true. But for me its just an act of “HEY, How ya doin’?” Which makes no sense, but I wish those I know would post more, cause… HEY? How -you- doin’?

So the above was left on a white board.  It was in a conference room my company is using for our User Conference.  Not sure if hotel staff is lazy and not looking, or decided to leave it up.  I am writing this message just to let you know how awesome of a person you are. If you ever have any doubt about that,, look back at your life and think about all of the people you have encountered and how you have impacted their lives. Even if you don’t think you have, you have been an influential role in someone’s life. So appreciate yourself, and share the love! A…

It’s a blog, I should write something… Two stories…. what’s more interesting? It Never Really Hurt I gave it all away. A silent contribution over the years. Sometimes a little, often times a whole lot. Never looking for thanks. It’s what I had to do. And it took me 20 years. I spent my 21st birthday visiting my sister in Durango, Colorado. A few buddies from Denver came down and joined the fun. We went out, we drank. Had a good time. The morning after I was up early. Climbed over my sleeping friends, got dressed and headed out to the bagel shop. A man sits down across from me,…

It’s been a while. I’ve been thinking of yet another reformat of the site. Over the last few months I’ve made the plunge into Facebook. I’ve become a twitter user. And I have renewed my interest in tumblr. Facebook is kind of fun. I see folks on there that I have not thought about in 20+ years. It makes it easy to say “Hello!”, but it’s not for meaningful conversations. I enjoy seeing what my friends are facebooking about. I twitter more to see what’s going in the 140 character world. I first found a need for twitter when Brad Keselowski (a Nascar driver) tweeted from a red flag in…

I don’t know what to do with Angry Menga Boy.