Started up the morning walk and yoga practice again. Feels good (physical, mentally, and spiritually) to be moving more.

I was walking along the beach this morning, as the tide was coming in. For just a couple seconds, I dodged waves, skipped over a rock pile, and scooted up the beach to avoid the remnants of the waves. I really don’t mind getting my sneakers muddy or wet. It was just for fun. I smiled and continued walking like a normal...

Took a moment to update my Now page.

A few weeks ago my position was eliminated at Liberty Mutual. Honestly, I'd been building toward something new for a while. The elimination just removed the last reason to wait. So here's what I'm doing. And I'm going to do it with the garage door open. I've spent the last couple of years quietly developing a...

Last night I attended a "Developing Characters in Improv: Bringing Characters to Life on Stage” class from Queen City Improv’s Rick Reebenacker. I enjoyed this class so much. As a former animator and now improvisor I see a lot of overlap in the two fields. I mean, they are both acting.  Rick led us through some...

I made a guide about mailing physical things to friends. No one likes bills or junk mail. But this is the kind of mail that makes you smile when you open your mailbox. Why this matters to me: I've been using (and thinking a lot about) paper for ages. Notebooks. Zines. The tactile practice of making small things and...

I spoke with a friend who described this truly interesting thing he's doing for his work. It involves AI. After he finished describing it and the real value it's creating he wondered out loud... How many buffalo did I just kill? Another friend I spoke to recently said a similar thing. He feels he needs to use AI or...

Craig Clevenger’s Mother Howl is the oddest and most interesting novel I’ve read in a long time. Some very grim subject matter for sure. But so well written and what a ride. Highly recommended. 

Make a choice. Double down on it. Triple down on it. - David Chevalier

No scene is ever about the words being spoken. -Del Close

Yesterday I ran a retrospective workshop for a group of folks at work. We used the constellations activity, which is a really interesting format. In my experience it helps people think hard about “group think” and “group mind”. The former generally being not very effective, the latter being amazing when channeled...