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Prince
I'll never forget the day I started liking Prince's music. I was with my
friend in his car headed somewhere. We were listening to K-Rock and they
had a "listener playlist" where for about an hour, all the music had
been selected by a listener and this listener was on the phone, talking
with the DJ about his selections and introducing songs.
The guy announced that the next song was from Prince. The DJ questioned
this selection and he said, "No, this dude can shred. Just listen."
And we laughed.
And we listened.
And Prince shredded.
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It's been a while...
It's been a while since I've had a substantial update here. I've been
busy living life leaving little time to be writing about it; at least
writing about it here.
Work has been quite busy for a while now. Lots of projects, lots of
deadlines, lots of extra hours. But there hasn't been any "mandatory
seven day work weeks" like I had at that one job, and there isn't that
expectation of "you can work from home so you are always expected to be
working" I had at the last job. Plus, the work is a lot more interesting
than anything I've done in years.
Bernstein was right: money doesn't motivate me, interesting problems and
the ability to tinker do.
Yesterday the DeLorean rolled over to 16,000 miles. That's still about
1,000 miles a year I'm putting on it. I'd like to keep the mileage low,
but she's just so much fun to drive. I've been asked by people at work
to bring Aisling next week for Bring Your Child to Work Day. Apparently
a lot of my co-workers have told their kids about the car and they want
to see it.
I ran my 29th half-marathon this past weekend. I'd like to get up to 32
this year. I'm also signed up for my 13th marathon this Autumn. I'm
considering running number 14 a few weeks later.
In addition to all of that taking up my time, I've also been
volunteering with the Youth Ministry at a church in my diocese. That's
been quite an amazing adventure. It's had a profound impact on my life
and has certainly helped at least a few teens. It's been an honor to do
the Lord's work. Maybe someday I'll publish some of the talks I've
given. The In His Image talk seems to have resonated with a lot
of people, certainly more so than some of the other talks.
I guess that sums things up for now.
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