Category Archives: just thinking out loud

Very interesting clip about Ataturk, and early Turkish history, from the point of view of the US.

Well it’s slowed down here a lot, and so it became clear that an update was in order. What has life brought me in July? Wendy & Raif visited We had a whole slew of visitors come through the first … Continue reading →

I didn’t know what to ask when I was coming out of school of potential employers. Having been in the job world for a few years now (going on three which is one part amazing, one part soul destroying), I … Continue reading →

I had a really great three-day weekend. Micky and I did a lot to get the nursery started. The walls are white, with one aqua colored wall. We moved a bunch of stuff in storage with the help of One … Continue reading →

So the proverbial tomorrow of blog writing has finally arrived, and here is the last of my three part series on motivation. I can finally speak to the final piece, the keystone as it were, of the motivation puzzle in … Continue reading →

My younger brother called me today to let me know about his LSAT score. He studied pretty much non-stop from mid-May through mid-October for this test. It’s on the margin where test scores make a difference, and based on a … Continue reading →

I’m not convinced that motivations are well understood, least of all by me. You see, I was taught in economics that perfectly rational people will respond to a set of incentives in a perfectly rational way. While I’m sure that that … Continue reading →

I did everything wrong at SCUBA class today. Funny because I thought that I did everything else quite well today. I got to class late because I got into a really good discussion with Jason and Andrew about how to work … Continue reading →

I’m gonna say my piece, and it’s going to piss some people off, but then you can say your piece, and I’ll sit down and shut up and listen. This game owes you nothing. There’s going to a come a … Continue reading →

A lot is constantly happening, and it comes to be overwhelming at times. I do a really bad job in those instants of stopping and just taking a breath. Today was one of those days where I just needed to … Continue reading →