Have you ever noticed your parents’ music collection? I’m sure many of you have been subject to your parents playing music for you while you were growing up. For my father, in his time, it was records. And my father’s collection was mostly based on 70s and 80s rock. I remember the most recent thing in his collection was The Cars. I was always struck by the fact that the further we got from the Read more
A few years ago, I had this nagging feeling, I’m not sure where it came from. It was a whisper. “What if?”. I hadn’t really had this feeling before. I didn’t know how to identify it, so I ignored it, and just went on with the general day to day of what I consider an amazing life. That voice got louder as time went on, sometimes deafening. Through some research and appointments with professionals, my Read more
“Pink is a girls color”. “Where did you get that shirt, the women’s section?” “Why are your nails painted?” “Are your ears pierced?” The pink and blue thing has an interesting history. It wasn’t until between 1950 and 1990 that pink was declared a “girl” color. That is relatively recent, and as you can see in the picture below, it was certainly something that this cisgender individual didn’t agree with. The issue really isn’t about the Read more
Re-entry has begun. Re-entry is the term that is used to describe what participants at Burning Man feel when they have to return to their daily lives. For those that haven’t spent time at Burning man by choice or lack of good timing and luck, this is similar to the feeling of coming off of a great vacation. But only a little. I wanted to take some time to share some observations with you all Read more
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this Read more
Since this is the week that my eldest son goes off to college, there has been a great deal of reflection. As I have blogged about before, my son split time between my wife and I’s house, and his mothers. During all of that time, one of the things that became really obvious, is that my wife is made of stuff that I am not. When you get divorced in Colorado, you have to attend Read more
So, it might not coming to a huge shock to those parents out there that have had the wonderful opportunity to send your child away to school. This is that week for me. And I am finding it much more difficult in ways I didn’t expect. A little background, my son splits his time with my wife and I, and his mom. What that meant to us was that we had to learn to maximize Read more
I am tired of hearing so many logical people jump to the wrong conclusion about this election. I’ve heard both liberals and conservatives voicing their displeasure with their choices in this election. But this country is a two party system. That is it. If you were a Bernie fan, as I was, that is not reality now. If you are a republican who disliked Trump, that is who you have. You are left with 2 Read more
I am very saddened today with the news of yet two more men shot by police. I am very saddened today with the news of five police officers gunned down by a sniper. I am saddened that all of the folks I’m talking to think we are slipping backwards, instead of moving forwards. What if the two people that were shot by the police didn’t have dark skin? What if the sniper had light skin? Read more
This is the story of a boy, Jacob, and his family. Maria and Joakim (Mom and Dad) and Sarah (Sister). The first time I met this family was at a mutual friends house for a picnic or a party, I don’t remember which. I arrived with my family (wife and two youngest boys). As I entered the house, I noticed a boy on the couch. What I noticed immediately was that I was uncomfortable. This Read more