Ready for a new year
An update to this blog has been a long time coming. I began it as an experiment to learn more about blogging, writing and perhaps to learn more about myself. I did learn a bit about all of the above, and it’s been an interesting experience. I’ve paused on regular updates as I figure out [...]
Continue reading...Financial Security in Troubled Times
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
I’ve been working on gaining better control over my income, expense and use of debt over the last few years and have learned some tricks that I believe can help further safeguard against the hard economic times. With the stock market having taken a larger nose-dive this past Monday than we’ve seen in decades, and [...]
Continue reading...World Changing Ideas a Click Away. Thanks, TED!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
What’s better then bringing together some of the worlds most creative, intelligent people, mixing them together, discussing forward-thinking ideas and watching these world changing concepts come to life? The TED conference is an extraordinary mix of concepts and talent, and if you haven’t heard about it yet, here’s a quick summary from the official website: TED [...]
Continue reading...Travel Photos From Peru
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Traveling through Peru for two weeks, it took little effort to snap over 2,700 photos and I captured only a tiny slice of the landscape, architecture, people and art of this beautiful and diverse country. I’ve reduced 2,700 to 50 favorite photos and would love to share the imagery that I enjoyed so much. Below [...]
Continue reading...Live Music & Visual Arts Camping Experience, 3EG Style
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Third Eye Gathering, or 3EG, is a non-profit for arts and education that I took part in launching back in 2003. Since then, we’ve had a couple of large multi-day festivals, then scaled down to night shows at a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles with our last show held last year at The Roxy in [...]
Continue reading...Finding a Taste for Tea
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Though tea hasn’t been my drink of choice in the past, I just had a fun and enlightening experience participating in a “tea flight” which has left me with a bit more of a taste for this ancient herbal drink and medicinal remedy. Our tea sampling was held at a comfortable and friendly tea bar [...]
Continue reading...Lessons learned from my first full marathon and fundraiser
Sunday, August 10, 2008
26.2 miles run, 5 hours 3 minutes, sore legs, over $5,500 raised for charity, 15lbs shed, countless clif shot bloks consumed and one heck of a fun time. It had always seemed as if marathon running was a sport for the hard-core athlete, and until recently, I’d never seriously considered attempting one. At best, I had [...]
Continue reading...26.2 miles run and over $5,000 raised
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Thanks to your support, I’m excited to announce that we’ve met and exceeded the $5,000 fundraiser goal as of August 3. We still have a few days until the fundraiser close on the 10th, so I encourage you to make a donation of any size if you haven’t yet - it’s exciting to see how [...]
Continue reading...Fundraiser: 72% there!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
I returned Monday from an incredible two weeks in the Peruvian desert and Andes mountains to find an inbox full of donations. Thank you for all of the support as this fundraiser draws closer to its completion. The donations, and messages accompanying them have filled me with more gratitude then I can really convey through [...]
Continue reading...Travel is Food for the Soul
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The sounds of honking, traffic, pedestrians, flutes playing and Spanish speaking can be heard coming from all directions. The streets are peppered with Spanish styled municipal buildings, tiny markets, tall modern buildings, local grocers and restaraunts and even a slew of American brands such as Starbucks, Burger King and KFC. The locals have [...]
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
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