Eight years ago, I exited a job that involved selling device that I hadn’t even heard of immediately prior to being occupationally obligated to declare myself an expert in their use. More problematically, given my admitted shortcomings in all things scientific, I occasionally had to help clients design full-scale electrical infrastructure solutions. Instead of work that was right on the border of my capabilities and well outside my interests, I got a job in higher education. It was primarily concentrated on serving as the adviser to a college radio station, so it felt a little like a retreat and an … Continue reading Don’t need to wait for an invitation, you gotta live like you’re on vacation

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I’ve been a very errant reporter in this space the past few days. The last I left you, my teammates and I were about to participate in the 40th edition of the World’s Largest Trivia Contest. We did very well, with an extremely respectable thirteenth place finish. I intended to post a couple of updates during the weekend but got lost in the swirl of the contest. Breaking my daily post habit wound up providing an excuse to take a little longer break from the space. As much fun as the weekend was, I emerged from it mentally exhausted. The … Continue reading Break

And…… Now I’m Stevens Point. The mayhem begins tomorrow. Continue reading This is the town and these are the people, this is the town where the people all stay

I’m in Madison. Getting closer to the pending mania. Continue reading But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity

DONE! D-U-N, done! Tonight we finished a major, major project that needed to be complete before we get on an airplane on Wednesday. We’ve still got a lot to do between now and then, but the biggest chore is complete. Continue reading I finished what I did and I went upstairs in my dressing gown