Author: Philip

It’s pay day! No, I still wasn’t paid actual money in exchange for my time due to the shutdown, but I did get a nice picture taken yesterday. Sending it to the utilities company with a Paid In Full note.

Like many people, I’d like to have an Apple Vision Pro.  But I simply can’t justify the expense.  Instead, I purchased the Meta Quest 3S shortly after it was announced.  To be clear, I am not a gamer.  Despite growing up during the era of arcade games and early gaming consoles, I have never really…

How is it that at 56 years old, I am just now learning about bike gear ratios and proper gear changing techniques?  Like many others did, my wife and I purchased new bikes early in the Covid shutdown phase.  We felt this would give us an outdoor activity we could do together while maintaining distance from others.  We…

I have bad knees.  Not everyone has the genetic good fortune to be lifelong runners and 26 years of military service sometimes leads to worn out parts.  Even biking had become difficult due to the force applied to the knees when pushing off from a stop and climbing hills.  So I was left with walking.  …

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Mark Twain We can learn a lot about the present by studying the past. I recently listened to this episode of Rob Pirie’s “The Cause” podcast during a road trip and immediately found the ebook (along with a good reading of the audiobook) when I returned home….

I had never heard of Charlie Kirk before the events of September 10.  Actually, our son is a student at Illinois State University and mentioned Charlie was on campus a few months ago, but I had never heard of him prior to that and had no reason to remember his name past it’s mention by…

In episode 222 of the Bookworm podcast, the book Wild Courage by Jenny Wood was reviewed.  While I have not read the book yet (although I have added it to my short list of books to read soon), the hosts conversation about the book has given me some things to think about.  In particular was…

Another good opportunity to hear the same message: your ‘why’ is important and drives your what/how. It’s time you commit to adulting and take control of your financial decisions. Be intentional about where your money goes. Your hard earned money will go farther and you can direct it towards the things that are most important…