I hate it when people tell me “Slow and steady wins the race”.
It comes from the old “Tortoise and the Hare” story.  For anyone that has blocked out their childhood, it goes like this:  A rabbit and a turtle decide to have a race.  The rabbit runs really fast, but gets distracted or tired or [...]

Branding is hard to define.  It has to do with the feeling consumers get when they think about your brand.  It has to do with the way people portray you.
Since branding as a concept is hard to define, its even harder to explain what you are looking for with your branding efforts.  Most marketing departments [...]

I had good intentions, but I didn’t quite make it.
So the rest of the trip was also a blast.  We climbed through lava tubes (lava formed caves), hiked up behind a waterfall to a place we dubbed “never never land”, waded across a river,  snorkled in tidepools, swam in a lava-heated hotspring, shopped at farmers [...]

Following up from last night, the most impressive thing about the observatory was how car sick I was while we were driving up there.  Since I was in the backseat, every hill, dip, curve, turn, drop in the road sucked.  Bad.  The observatory would have been cool, but the rainy weather caused them to bring [...]

Hawaii

The flight was uneventful enough. We landed to discover that the Honolulu airport is tiny, old, and laid out very very oddly. As we proceeded to the connecting gate for our flight to the Big Island, we rode a shuttle bus, walked down really long halls, went indoors and outdoors about 100 times, and ended [...]

Last night Amber and I went to the Twilight Concert Series where Josh Ritter was performing.  I discovered Josh about 3 months ago, and I am hooked.  I can tell he was inspired by some of my other favorites (Dylan, Tom Waits… and do I hear some Leonard Cohen?)  But that doesn’t stop him from [...]

There is nothing that makes me more uncomfortable than when someone tells me “Then we will have you talk for 30 minutes”.
I really don’t like the idea of filling up time just to fill up time.  I would much prefer if the assignment was “Then we will have you explain your topic…  Please don’t take [...]

Well, all of my fans (Ammon) have been asking when I was going to post again.  So here is a video.  Now leave me alone.

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