Category: Personal
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My UBI Story: Or How I Benefit From An Unconditional(ish) 1k (ish) Per Month
This was also posted here. I support Andrew Yang for President in 2020. The Flagship of his policies is the Freedom Dividend in which every American Citizen over the age of 18 will receive $1,000.00 each month unconditionally. This seems surprising to a lot of people I talk with, although the concept has longstanding American…
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Happy Father’s day
Today is fathers day and I want to add my voice to that of many others in gratitude for fathers everywhere. Our species is something special with males engaged not only in procreation but in rearing the young in an involved and enduring way. Our culture is something special in expecting manhood to be earned…
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My memories on memorial day
I reflected on the sacrifice of some of my fellow Marines today. I posted on my new site The Art of Product War [edit later moved here] because I think it has a lot to do with purpose in work and in life. It’s not about me and it’s only some about them. For more…
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Feelings about fractures
(the avulsion kind) I injured my ankle yesterday. It was around 6 AM. The leader of the day’s workout had us doing burpees, sprints and sit-ups in a field. Then he wanted ‘all you got’ sprints up and down the field. Then he wanted an ‘all you got sprint’ down the quarter mile back to…
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Andrew Yang 2020:
EDIT : I’ve added a more updated post on Andrew Yang here but I’ll leave this historical post up too! “since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it.” -Andrew Yang: attributed to Otto Von Bismark I’ve become a big fan of Andrew Yang. Why: Because our…
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My Top 7 bits of advice for 2019
It’s a new year, some people like new years resolutions and some hate them. I’m not interested in the debate, but I have noticed that when people ask my advice or for suggestions I often end up saying the same things. I want to make it easier to reference and more widely available. You could…
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My challenge, my exchange and my entreaty to you on this Independence Day: read, reflect, act.
(retro re-post from my Medium account, Jul 4, 2018 ) “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants” –Thomas Jefferson (or maybe it musn’t!?) I propose a trade: I ask for your attention in reading this note, your reflection after reading it and your action afterwards…