A few weeks ago (already, where does the time go,) I was happily sitting in the Chicago airport, waiting patiently for my flights to get rolling, and for a great weekend in DC. I was heading to the U.S. Capitol Classics/China Open and I was PUMPED. I'd never been and I'd only ever heard great …
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Try That Again…
We all have the canned answers. Sometimes, they aren't quite good enough.
Driving, Karate, and Travel, Oh my!
Last we saw the intrepid hero (me). I had just gotten back from Quebec (and here's the review!) and was a little razzed out from a phenomenal weekend with great people and a whole lot of martial arts. But wait, the fun didn't stop there. For the next two weeks all I did was drive …
New Thing with the Whole Facebook Thing
Hey world, Welcome to KataNerd, if you only follow me on Facebook, you've probably noticed there was a dearth of content recently. There are two reasons for that: 1. I haven't written a whole lot. 2. MOST IMPORTANTLY Facebook and WordPress changed their sharing settings, and I have now created a page for KataNerd for …
Travel Thoughts
Three weeks ago (I think) I was in the Toronto airport at something like 5 AM to catch a flight that I had been booted off of the night before due to too many people being on the plane. Not because I was misbehaving, or anything like that. But, during this groggy, somewhat hazy experience, …
Flip the Coin: Sacrifice and Payoff
There's a movie, The Razor's Edge that boils down to, essentially the statement living a good life is as hard as walking a razor's edge. Also, it shows Bill Murray in a different type of role. Think Meatballs but with philosophy and World War 1. It's a great film, and I only ever saw it …
Something, something, PASSION
The importance of heroes, change, and unlimited hustle. Also a cat picture.
A(nother) Thing Happened
New Happening! Most notable, I'm now three decades old.
Sisyphus and Snow
It's been some time. Despite the nagging voice in the back of my mind, consistently and insistently demanding me to write something on the blog. I desisted. I felt there was something better coming. Something actually worthwhile to write about. There were times I almost gave in, times I almost threw up another post of …
Here’s What I Want: Thoughts on Expectations
The thing about expectations is that they are oftentimes mired, for me anyway, in some really ridiculous premises. For example. I had an expectation to create a brand-new space in a new building working with two different groups of people, a landlord, several employees, and a small army of contractors and workmen, in two weeks. …
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