2024-04-16 01:00
There is never a Good time to get a new dog Not stopping us though 🙃
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2024-04-10 01:00
Something about this verse this morning. Something about the meeting of mercy and truth, and righteousness and peace. They have met. They have kissed. And the longing to be restored is not t… Read More
2024-04-09 01:00
Eclipse is today Is this the end of it all? Had to be someday
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2024-04-03 01:00
I have been drawn to investments my entire life. stocks, bonds, cashflows, PE ratios, dividends, etc… This might be the easiest explanation as to why. More often than not, there is no… Read More
2024-04-02 01:00
So you are telling me that what I have been doing for two decades is called “revenge bedtime procrastination?” This is when people sacrifice sleep for personal time. And I am tot… Read More
2024-03-29 01:00
My word that’s a good line on weddings and funerals. when you travel to funerals later in life you’ll wish you went to all the weddings True – and I’m only 43. Quite… Read More
2024-03-28 01:00
Heartbreaking post here on the fact that corporate loyalty does not pay. Since they will fire you when it benefits them to do so… …you should quit when it benefits you to do so… Read More
2024-03-27 01:00
If you read my post on the best cotton marketing strategy and still feel stuck with inaction, this is what you should do. Play the odds. See, the kicker boils down to these two points. This… Read More
2024-03-26 01:00
Anyone else remember this song/video from Gogol Bordello, Wonderlust King? Gosh, in college I think I heard this thing play in the gym twice everytime I went to lift weights. Good times thos… Read More
2024-03-06 02:00
Amara’s Law says that: We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. True, totally true. The Dot-com bubble of the l… Read More
2024-03-05 02:00
My side projects are Completely out of hand. some- where, something must give
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2024-03-01 02:00
My favorite part of this is that – even if you know nothing about teapots (like me) you understand implicitly how they should pour. You can see the quality. I mean that first one is so… Read More
2024-02-29 02:00
Welp, goodbye Tinyletter. 😢 You were the perfect – free – newsletter for me, for nearly a decade. But you are getting folded into your parent Mailchimp. I get it, I get i… Read More
2024-02-28 02:00
Here is the Idler, on how to fall asleep, by Tom Hodgkinson. Do not miss the classic: How To Be Idle. Unfortunately, I am not good at falling asleep in the least. By nature, I am a night owl… Read More
2024-02-27 02:00
Teacher in-service What do other parents do No work, snacks, chaos,
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2024-02-13 02:00
School got snow-delayed And we were all still nearly Tardy for the bell
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2024-02-09 02:00
Say what you will about Musk, everyone does. But I saw a cybertruck in person the other day for the first time… And it’s just an awesome electric car. Funny how nearly every ide… Read More
2024-02-08 02:00
[If you are interested, here is 42, 41. 40. 39. 38. 37. 36. And 35.] 1. Starting at 22, after maybe cutting your teeth in a few awful jobs to learn, everyone should follow these th… Read More
2024-02-07 02:00
Long-term decision making vs. short-term decision making. It’s kind of the difference between emotionally mature decision-making vs. childish decision-making… I am constantly am… Read More
2024-02-06 02:00
Farming starts not in The field but in the spreadsheet Cash in, out, and profit
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2024-02-02 02:00
Ok, a quick update on the current Lubbock pizza situation… One Guy From Italy is still awesome and in the same two locations. It’s owned by a new family now. But it’s a Lu… Read More
2024-01-23 23:00
Sounds like a great plan to me: Drink Coffee, Start Working. Simple. And it works. 😉
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2024-01-23 02:00
Focused in Excel With my disposition makes It all easier
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2024-01-19 02:00
Ok, I need this Flipper Zero. Officially it’s: a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body. It loves hacking digital stuff, such as radio protocols, access contro… Read More
2024-01-18 02:00
So I just took this Primal Question quiz. My wife heard about it and insisted that I do it. Their website says that: After a quick assessment, you’ll learn A) your Primal Question, B)… Read More
2024-01-17 02:00
Here are my 7 most popular posts of 2023. [And here are the lists from 20end22, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 too.] A few of my personal favorites from… Read More
2024-01-16 02:00
Dust up into air Lubbock wind pushing the plains Element that reigns
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2023-12-05 02:00
This side hustle has Taken over my free time Must be monetized
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2023-11-16 02:00
Can’t retire, not worth it to work. Poorest rich person in America. $5 Million Is Nothing. 🤣 Ridiculous. But kinda true though…
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2023-11-15 02:00
I have a gross story for you in 3 pictures. (Don’t click if squeamish.) That bar I tripped on didn’t move one bit.
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2023-11-14 02:00
A late-night talk and A late-night drink, a late night Stop and late-night think
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2023-11-10 02:00
Where I Sit 35: Lubbock ER – Third This is a story in 3 pictures.
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2023-11-09 02:00
Where I Sit 34: Lubbock ER – Second This is a story in 3 pictures.
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2023-11-08 02:00
Where I Sit 33: Lubbock ER – First If you are curious, that bar at the gym didn’t move a bit. This is a story in 3 pictures.
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2023-11-02 01:00
The best I can tell, this may have been my first blog. I would have been a junior in college. It’s hilarious because I don’t remember it at all! 🤣 The only reason I found… Read More
2023-11-01 01:00
oh yeah…..P.S. – Kliff threw for 473 yards aginst the “# 3” pass defense in the country (Kliff rules) [This is part of my first blog.]
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2023-10-31 01:00
i saw willie in concert this friday …… and we beat UT 42 – 38 on saturday ….. ha! it was a big weekend for me. [This is part of my first blog.]
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2023-10-27 01:00
i thought id start this site off with some great poetry: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopp… Read More
2023-10-26 01:00
woohooooo. it worked. kinda [This is part of my first blog.]
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2023-10-25 01:00
this is my first post. will it work? [This is part of my first blog.]
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2023-10-17 01:00
An artist needs space And an artist needs time both The body and mind
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2023-10-11 01:00
Bert Kreischer and Jo Koy are two of my favorite comedians. (John Crist too.) Simply put, listening to two world-class comedians talk can be incredibly entertaining. Don’t miss all the… Read More
2023-10-10 01:00
If everyone’s grade Is bad, Then it is not you It is the teacher
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2023-10-05 01:00
We praise the work done hereThe purpose of my life is clearI will praise your holy name We praise the heavenly fewAll our sins poured out for youYou will come and take us homeAngels gathered… Read More
2023-10-04 01:00
Jo Koy doing this bit on private school is spot on. I think you – owe me money! 🤣 I mean, let’s just say that fourth grade in the Terrell house had a few issues this year… Read More
2023-10-03 01:00
A quiet walk back To the car from dropping off Your sisters, heaven
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2023-09-29 01:00
Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 rules for writing. Good stuff. 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader a… Read More
2023-09-28 01:00
King of the Sky, woah. 😐
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2023-09-27 01:00
Retail therapy is the stupidest kind of therapy because it’s the most expensive therapy on the planet. It’s so expensive because it ignores opportunity costs. No really – r… Read More
2023-09-26 01:00
I write the haikus Because my attention span WIll not allow more
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2023-09-22 01:00
Here’s all your 2000’s rap as country. If you listened to rap back then, you know. This is awesome. 🔥
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2023-09-21 01:00
If I ever get a needless “fun car,” it’s gonna be a Corvette or a Tesla Model S. I have wanted a Corvette since the eighth grade. And a Model S… I mean, 0-60 in less… Read More
2023-09-20 01:00
No big deal here, just me, sitting in my car watching Brandon Hays’s First Sermon @ The Church At Harpeth Heights. (First sermon as their senior pastor anyway, archive here.) Watching… Read More
2023-09-19 01:00
Cotton price is flat Suppose that I should simply Lie down on this mat
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2023-09-15 01:00
Welp, there you go, how to make a clay pot… Easy, right? 😳
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2023-09-14 01:00
Get out of here, regenerative braking on a Tesla actually puts the motor into reverse. Not sure I have anything productive to add here, but how did it even occur to the engineers to try this… Read More
2023-09-12 22:00
My reading advice is this, pure and simple. Read books. Real old books. Read fiction. Read in the bed. Carry a book with you everywhere you go, under your arm will do fine. Read more than on… Read More
2023-09-12 01:00
We all dream, therefore Sometimes it’s fun being a Bit unrealistic
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2023-09-08 01:00
This goal to make something spectacular reminds me of Steve Jobs. He had this relentless pursuit of quality and perfection that is so rare. I mean, none of us start out wanting mediocrity. T… Read More
2023-09-06 22:00
This rainy mood app is my new favorite thing to listen to at work. I mean, if you can’t have the real thing, this is as good as it gets. It’s better if it’s cloudy out. Wor… Read More
2023-09-05 22:00
Something about this verse got me this morning. As an introvert, I think I’m drawn to the encouragement to be quiet and self-reflect. I like what Matthew Henry said about this passage:… Read More
2023-09-05 01:00
On my laptop I Write these poems till I die Posterity cries
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2023-09-01 01:00
This space tourism bit is, of course, in regard to SpaceX. But you can count me out right here. I mean, I love sitting in first class and sipping on ginger ale and all… However, my de… Read More
2023-08-31 01:00
Asymmetric rules are not the rules you want for key people in an organization. It becomes an agency problem. Less of, “What is best for the organization (or everyone else).” More… Read More
2023-08-29 01:00
Work sucks when you must Drink out of a fire hose on Every single day
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2023-08-25 01:00
Jorge Luis Borges on the power of English as a language. I love that William F. Buckley, whose first language was Spanish, was offering up suggestions. Asomo? 🤔
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2023-08-24 01:00
I loathe – loathe – made-up acronyms. This is something we often did when I worked in crop insurance. I mean, there was an acronym for everything. This was even more true for pri… Read More
2023-08-23 01:00
Working hard for yourself is way easier than working hard for others. This is the most easily seen between entrepreneurship and a salaried position. But pulling it off at the office is a ste… Read More
2023-08-22 01:00
Hot cup of coffee Sip and type, sip and type, for This is how you write
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2023-08-17 10:00
I have been working on registering for this Climate Smart Cotton Program (put on by U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol.) If you’re in cotton – you too?
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2023-08-17 01:00
God and Beauty… Can you believe we used to build things like this?!
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2023-08-16 01:00
Uh, this new Lego Concorde has my name written all over it. Fo real… Legos hold on to the kid in me with such things. I think it’s genius playing on people’s nostalgia lik… Read More
2023-08-15 01:00
Tall office windows I see you all driving slow Back to work, you go
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2023-08-11 01:00
This song, Rich Men North Of Richmond, is a straight banger. 🔥 Amazing story behind it too. I think the frustration and rawness that it seethes is what resonates with people so much… Read More
2023-08-10 01:00
The Fermi Paradox says that there is a contradiction in the possibility of alien life. First, there is a large lack of evidence that alien life exists. But that, second, there is a high prob… Read More
2023-08-09 01:00
I stumbled across this scene that mentions Bitburger Pilsner the other day randomly. Of course, I have seen the movie before… But I didn’t catch “Bitburger” in the f… Read More
2023-08-08 01:00
Nobody slept late Kids can’t stop for a deep breath I need more coffee
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2023-08-03 01:00
The key to doing creativity well is being autotelic about it. If you don’t know, autotelic is: When an action or activity contains a purpose within itself. The action contains the ends… Read More
2023-08-01 01:00
The clouds start to fade As mercy speaks for us both Time the sun has made
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2023-07-26 13:56
I am often asked what the best cotton marketing strategy is. So what did I do? I went and looked at the data – so you don’t have too. Here’s what I found. First, I looked a… Read More
2023-07-22 01:00
1. We should be optimizing our lives for more time with our families – not everything else. 2. This is the most important post on cotton marketing I have ever done, IMO. 3. Why are all… Read More
2023-07-21 01:00
Here’s a joke in three tweets for ya. The funny part is that I loved the logo until I read that last part… And now I can’t unsee it. You too? 😳 Stop it. Sorry mom!… Read More
2023-07-19 01:00
Where I Sit 32: Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, TX
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2023-07-18 01:00
Invest and learn it Risk and volatility Are not the same thing
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2023-07-15 01:00
1. If you want a better career, have kids and take the Bible seriously. Your career will simply matter less. You will find purpose here and now, and beyond. 2. Sahil Bloom speaks. 3. Can&rsq&hell…Read More
2023-07-14 01:00
Discovered Bloom on Twitter some time ago. Found this wide-ranging interview fantastic. 🤔
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2023-07-13 01:00
I think the sign of a dominate basketball player in the paint is that if they get the ball within a drop-step of the goal, they are either going to score or get fouled. One of my buddies and… Read More
2023-07-12 01:00
This changing dog choice is exactly what I wanted to do with my undergraduate degree. I would not go back and do it differently now – altering everything about your life and all. But I… Read More
2023-07-11 01:00
One kind word a day Not a bad way of going Doing is knowing
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2023-07-07 01:00
If you don’t know, John Mayer can jam. Jam – and absolutely slay on the guiter… FYI.
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2023-07-06 01:00
I have learned that a job saying it is a “fast-paced environment” is a giant red-flag. 🚩 One of the comments here said it well. I have learned that “thrive in a fas… Read More
2023-07-05 01:00
Read this piece by Texas Monthly on a few young oil executives. Loved it. My favorite quote about the oil business? “If you want to throw darts at us, that’s fine,” he said… Read More
2023-07-04 01:00
I have not written In days, no excuse really Just been in a haze
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2023-06-30 01:00
This beaver building an indoor dam is the coolest thing I have seen this week. And it’s not even close. He knows exactly what he is doing – but has no idea why he is doing it. … Read More
2023-06-29 01:00
You know there are a lot of terrible CEO’s, right? They’re not interested in changing anything – not really. They want to take credit when things go well. And they want to… Read More
2023-06-28 01:00
Don’t you wish all managers were out there trying to learn things? Genuinely looking to solve the problems in front of them… If only. 🙄 Musk realized he could tap into t… Read More
2023-06-27 01:00
Three children have more Laundry than one, I’m afraid This has just begun
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2023-06-23 22:00
1. When you are young, you can’t afford to be boring. But 20 years later, I kinda like it. 2. Where do I work? Rocket Road, of course. 3. Lenovo > Dell (There I said it.) 4. If my h… Read More
2023-06-23 01:00
Here are my notes on, Grace (Eventually), By: Anne Lamott (Amazon): Thirty years ago, I was living in Bolinas, California, an exquisite enclave of hippies, artists, and organic farmers on th… Read More
2023-06-22 01:00
Where I Sit 31: So good
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