http://www.engelfish.net Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:15:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I am a creature of habit, I also like to say that I am not afraid of change. I'm not sure which of those sentiments is true though, or to what degree they are both true. This past year was brimming over with change, and it is ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/07/16/feeling-sleepy/ So Skype now has a mobile-to-mobile deal where international calls are basically free. So I was IMing with Taryn and we decided to try it. She was on her laptop, and I was on my iphone, using the wifi at work. The connection was easy to do, ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/06/05/staying-in-touch/ When someone graduates from college, you give them a copy of “Oh the Places You’ll Go”. When the graduate then gets outsourced or downsized, you give him/her a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese”. I’ve got two copies of the former, and 5 copies of the latter, which ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/03/29/watersheds-forks-in-the-road-and-change-oh-my/ Under Pressure (Queen feat. Bowie) on YouTube http://www.engelfish.net/2010/03/04/themesong/ Today's blog post, unlike the recent few, is completely unphilosophical. It's about shoe shines. I'm not a guy who often looks at shoes, but when you're on a business trip and bored, you notice things. The first night of the meeting, I looked around the room I realized ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/03/03/this-is-not-track-29/ When you hear the word "partner" what do you think of? Buddy cop movies? Lawyers? Same sex couples? It is a word that describes all of the above, and far more. As social creatures, we have partners in our academic, personal and professional lives. ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/02/09/abbott-costello-ricky-lucy-pinky-the-brain/ "But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!" - Anna Neagle We don't have much control ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/02/08/wherever-you-go-there-you-are/ The Mindfulist posed the question recently, "If today were your last, what would you do right now? What would go straight to first place on your to do list?" Thinking about my answer made me consider the questions "Who would you spend your last day with, and what does ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/02/07/french-vanilla-coffee-a-fire-in-the-hearth/ People talk about prominent sports figures "getting back to basics", and the concept seems to ring true, either from practical experience or common sense. You should be able to do the same thing with your personal life. The question is, what exactly are the basics of your personal ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/02/04/you-throw-the-ball-you-catch-the-ball-you-hit-the-ball-sometimes-you-win-sometimes-you-lose-sometimes-it-rains/ Life is rarely, if ever, clean and simple. But simplicity is a good goal. I think it is fairly common for most folks to stop every once in a while and realize how crazy they have allowed their life and schedule to become. We often keep saying ... http://www.engelfish.net/2010/02/03/how-busy-are-you/