It turns out I don't post here or in blogger much. I have taken up writing in my physical journal while traveling, so that is something.

I regularly read Laura Vanderkam's blog. While several of her posts do not apply to me (being male with no kids), I value her perspective on time management and making the most of both your professional time and personal time. Reading her blog has gotten me thinking about what I do on my weekends, which are "my" time ( Read more... )

We are leaving Quebec and going back to Montreal. It is beautiful here, and I recommend you visit if you enjoy walking, or like history. It is also the setting of an Alfred Hitchcock movie I haven't yet seen called “I Confess”. Upon arriving in Quebec, I saw many similarities to Charleston, South Carolina where Jodi and I honeymooned ten years ( Read more... )

Montrealers seem to exude a lust for life, or more specifically a lust for the outdoors in summer. I first thought about this during our second night here at the B-52s concert. It was the closing act of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. Jodi and I were out with perhaps 10,000 other people on a warm Monday night. Monday night was ( Read more... )

Yesteday I went hiking with two of my Barra friends Ryan and Ashley.  The sun shone and the wind blew to create a gorgeous day for hiking -- as long as you kept moving.  While the hike lacked the constant vistas of our Old Rag hike from earlier in the year, it did have delights near at hand on the trail.  Some parts of the trail were steep and ( Read more... )

Today we visited the quietest place I have been to in India. The Nandi Hills lie east and north of Bangalore. It is a hill station, a place of sufficient elevation to provide some respite from the heat. At 4500 feet above sea level, I could notice the difference in temperature when we stepped out of the car. I still noticed the humidity, ( Read more... )

Walking up the street through the Devaraja Market in Mysore, a man started talking to me. He started with the question I get constantly: “where are you from”? Most times, the conversation ends with, “I am from the U.S.” and a response of, “ah, America”. This guy continued talking and described the three products for which Mysore is famous: ( Read more... )

I have been in India for two weeks now, which is the longest time I have been outside of the United States since 1983.  I have been out here for work, which has been productive and successful.  It is a follow up trip from last year when I interviewed and hired 10 people to join my team.  This time around, I was conducting reviews, facilitating ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, our refrigerator stopped working.  Jodi called Ted Jones Appliance Repair to fix it.  The technician, who was the owner's son, came out and replaced the relay switch and did something else to fix it (I wasn't there).  Frost forms on the innards of the refrigerator where it is supposed to.  As the technician is putting back the ( Read more... )

I had good time last night going out to dinner and then hanging around talking with friends. Amy and Chris were in town visiting for the weekend, so we went downtown for dinner with them and with mikailborg  and unit_9 . Our plan was to eat the Bier Garden and then throw darts at Griff's. One place has good food and drink, the other place has one dart lane.

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