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Tag: random thoughts and feelings

January 18, 2025Brief thoughts, Jotting things down, Reflection

So much noise

I’m sitting in the breakfast area of a middle quality hotel, and the amount of noise is remarkable. I don’t mean the […]

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January 7, 2025Brief thoughts

What reading/writing/sharing mix?

Something I’m grappling with right now is what’s the right mix of reading, writing, and creating or sharing one’s own thoughts. And […]

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May 19, 2024May 27, 2025Social Media

Post and Syndicate

Over the past eighteen months or so, I’ve been rethinking and re-tooling my approach to social media and life online. My motivation […]

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May 15, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

Back to the air?

My first career was as a Naval Officer. I went through the NRTOC program in college and after graduating attended Navy flight […]

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May 2, 2024May 2, 2024Brief thoughts, Jotting things down

Anti-kids practices

When I was a new parent, I wondered how and why our society became so heavily stacked against parents (and by extension, […]

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January 29, 2024January 29, 2024Daily Life, Jotting things down

On sabbaticals

I’m at a point in my life now where I feel I finally understand why academia (and other adjacent professions, like the […]

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