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Met up with a highschool friend yesterday in Austin, and it hit me that in roughly three years it will be forty years since graduating. Yikes 😳
My ex wife left my 15 and 13 YO sons alone with a credit card while she went on vacation in Mexico with her BF. When I found out what was going on, I immediately had them stay with me until she returned.
In retrospect, I absolutely should have involved the police. Minors shouldn’t be left to fend for themselves for days, nor should their parents try to make them keep it a secret.
If I had to do it again, I’d have the police involved, document the neglect and let the chips fall…
We’re just three days out from Halloween. Somewhere in the course of my life, I’ve gone from celebrating, but never dressing up as an adult—to group costumes we now plan months in advance. We have another group costume planned for this Saturday.
Life has a way of surprising you if you let it
A nurse practitioner asked if I was an engineer. Damn straight when it comes to managing my health I am! There are no higher stakes than managing your health.
Well perhaps investing in your post earth days
Last year I paid tribute to one of the guitar greats who left us too soon. Ace. This year, it’s a Picasso Pumpkin. 🎃 #Haloween
Fitness reboot is going well. 10 more lbs to go, but focused on preserving muscle naturally. No Pharma.
This was a great trip. I was invited to speak in Australia on the topic of social business during the early days of that business transformation. Somehow I figured out give a talk on a stage with a large audience for four hours.
Four hours.
It felt like doing performance art. But the benefit of writing and building your own slides means you know the content inside and out. I’ve never had anyone else write my content for me in all my years of public speaking.
But the true highlight of the trip?
Gavin Heaton came up with the brilliant idea of riding up the great ocean road up the coast just outside of Melbourne. This was an unforgettable ride. First time for me riding in the “wrong side” of the road on some challenging yet breathtaking roads that hugged the coastline and rose several hundred feet above sea level in some places.
Truly unforgettable. It was also my first time riding a Harley and I chose a Road King of all models. I was so hooked by the experience, that I sold my current bike and bought one shortly after this experience. At the end of our day mint ride, it was dark on the return and I realized I had forgot my prescription glasses which I need for clear night vision.
I’m not gonna lie—there were a few times I wasn’t sure I’d make it for not seeing as clearly as I needed to.
But I lived to tell the tale.
I also spent some time in Sydney as well doing the big sights there for a couple of days.
Unforgettable trip and one of my top experiences blending professional and personal adventure. It’s amazing how much you grow when you stretch yourself like this.
If it weren’t for social media, I’d forget all about the cool, crazy and challenging projects and companies I’ve worked with over the years…
Meeting The life sized Jack Link’s Sasquatch was definitely on the cool side.
