I don’t understand why it happens, but it does. People ask me for career advice. All the time. Even people who make a lot more money than I do. Especially, it seems, people who make a lot more money than I do. Which, I think, is why they are drawn to me. I am obviously […]
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Nobody has a right to all of you.
I recently changed the way I use Facebook. I deleted my personal account that had several thousand “friends”- most of whom I never knew in real life – and started over, this time only friending people I knew, liked and had spent time with. I also made the decision to not friend people I like, […]
The Day I Did Not Die
Content warning: Descriptive narrative of a suicide attempt. Please take care of yourself. Chris Cornell is dead. They are reporting he killed himself. I have a confession: I am not sure I know his music, or his band, or anything about him. I am pretty sure I never heard his name before today. And none […]
The Important People
Note: I have told this story several times recently, and I have written about it before, but this is one of the most important conversations I ever had. So, you get to hear it again. My father and I never had one of those father-son pissing contests that so many seem to have. Growing up, […]