Elliott wrote me an endorsement on LinkedIn. 10 months after I quit my last gig. Dude takes forever to do these sorts of things, but he's a good kid, a good friend, and puts in effort. He had shown me earlier drafts nearly a year ago and they were rough. I am seriously impressed with the endorsement he put together for me and touched at the things ( Read more... )

Week 11 of my break off of work. It's almost as if I never worked at all ( Read more... )

I am walking to the train after work on Friday, shooting small talk with Hussain (a Senior Data Engineer). He's one of the friendlier folks at ShopRunner that have made it a point to come say hello to me my first week.

Hussain asks me "So you're the Javascript expert, huh?" I laugh incredulously "I suppose I am."

( The imposter syndrome is real )

Jose asks to ask me a favor. "Sure, man." "You know those oranges you had on the kitchen counter? Do you think I could get a couple of them?" "Yeah, dude!" "Thanks, they're my favorite." "Yeah, me too, I love them!" I go on to explain this batch of clementines turned out a bit shitty - they're a bit shriveled and dry once you open them up ( Read more... )

Holy shit but the siren call of video games is strong. Already sitting on 4 games I'm resisting playing as much as I can. I do plan to check out Fez, though ( Read more... )

From Angela Lee Duckworth's TED talk on the key to success:

In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't I.Q. It was grit ( Read more... )

Just got off the phone with Tyron. He had sent me the first draft of parts he assembled for my new machine ( Read more... )

I stepped on the field from no league, just home-team ( Read more... )

When I was young
You used to hold me, told me that I was the best
Anything in this world I want I could possess
All that made me want is all that I can get
In order to survive: gotta learn to live with regrets

"I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Achilles; fortune hath not one place to hit me."

- Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici 1642