A Digital Garden

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  • A Benediction Worth Remembering

    This benediction from church last Sunday, 5/24/2026, struck me and entered right into the heart of it all for me. Life is short, And we do not have much time to gladden the hearts  of those who make the journey with us. So… be swift to love, and make haste to be kind. And may…

  • The Century of the Self

    Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, worked with the corporations to create a “democracity”: a democracy where people were, and say themselves, as consumers and their every desires were catered to, while the elites of the corporations, and ultimately government, used this to control (tame) them through a perceived democracy. Freud’s insight Bernays used was…

  • Dad Day

    To Shepherd: Yesterday before leaving for school, you asked if we could have a Dad Day. You meant, “Can me and you go do stuff?” You made me feel quite special at this request! We ended up going to Town Hardware to get a beamo (big flying frisbee) and going to Pisgah to throw it…

  • “Dad, what’s your plan for the day?”

    Getting Greta (4 years old) ready for school this morning: Greta: “Dad, what’s your plan for the day?” Me: “Ummm, I’ve gotta work.” Greta: “Ahhhh, not again!” At 4, and in three words, she has delivered a devastating critique to the routine and the man and all of it, daring me to act as if…

  • A cold, caught.

    It seems like every time I begin a new round of training, I get sick. Usually, it’s only a day or two, but this time I’ve had some sort of significant chest cold since late Tuesday this week. I’ve been pretty disciplined with the scimune and dayquill/nyquill + coconut water and pedialyte, but it has…

  • Cache of Recent Tweets I’ve bookmarked

    — — — — — — — — — Really connected with this one. It’s hard to remember what living in the pre-Covid world felt like. Such is the rapid firing of the immersive technology pistons. —

  • Looking Silly in Order to Learn

    This picture just popped up in my iPhone memories and is giving me an appreciation for how far I’ve come since my first real endeavor into running. What a fun memory! Plus, Shepherd, you’re like two months old here. And now you’re almost 6! During the Covid-19 pandemic, I discovered the Salomon YouTube channel and…

  • 2026 Eugene Marathon

    This was a revealing event for me. Maybe the most revealing point of reference for why I like to run. Originally, I decided I wanted to run a sub-3 hour marathon. I picked Eugene in January 2026 and started training. I trained enough to get close enough to that goal while leaving enough on the…

  • Note to self: Skills I’m Interesting in Learning

    Believe it or not, there are better ways I could be spending my time than waiting on the world by scrolling Twitter. Here’s a list of things to learn that come to mind: It almost feels childish to have to write about this, but I’m recognizing there I need to start doing more and learning…

  • Why Smart Money Seems Dumb Right Now

    What’s that Warren Buffett quote about when the tide goes out you’ll see who’s been swimming naked? Seems to me like we’re about to see a lot of willies. Every day since the Iran War started, one opens Yahoo Finance, or whatever your app of choice is, and sees one of two headlines corresponding with…