Hip or Dangerous

"Steamboats insult the dignity of distance."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:40:13 -0400

“Steamboats insult the dignity of distance.”

- Proust

"Principles are substitutes for an independent outlook. The owner would be lost in the ocean of..."

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:20:31 -0400

“Principles are substitutes for an independent outlook. The owner would be lost in the ocean of events if he were not able to orient himself by these fixed bearings. Usually he is even proud of them and does not regard them as weaknesses, but as a source of strength. He hangs on to them because of the insufficiency of his own independent judgment.”

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us."

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:22:51 -0400

“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.”

- One of the most impactful books I have read.

Vicktor E. Frankl : Man’s Search for Meaning

menbat: Wugazi: Sweet Release Why does this even work?

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:41:33 -0400

menbat:

Wugazi: Sweet Release

Why does this even work?

Finished a wonderful ride home with this song at Stumptown.

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:12:21 -0400

Finished a wonderful ride home with this song at Stumptown.

"The professional turns down roles that he’s done before. He’s not afraid of them anymore. Why waste..."

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:21:53 -0400

“The professional turns down roles that he’s done before. He’s not afraid of them anymore. Why waste his time?”

"It’s not bragging if you can back it up."

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:07:00 -0400

“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”

- Muhammad Ali

"The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven."

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:41:32 -0400

“The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.”

- If everything was fair, life would be pretty boring… I enjoyed the first half of the book this came from… but it was too wordy and could have been an amazing blog post. I hope kindle will allow authors/publishers to stop worrying about having enough pages to justify a hard cover… and get back to quality over quantity.

From:

The War Of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle

"Employees ASK, Entrepreneurs ACT!"

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:31:10 -0400

“Employees ASK, Entrepreneurs ACT!”

- Decide who you want to be, it doesn’t matter whether you work for yourself or a global megacorp. It’s a state of mind.

"Do I really believe that my work is crucial to the planet’s survival? Of course not. But it’s as..."

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:41:24 -0400

“Do I really believe that my work is crucial to the planet’s survival? Of course not. But it’s as important to me as catching that mouse is to the hawk circling outside my window. He’s hungry. He needs a kill. So do I.”

whereisthecoool: “You gotta love living, baby. Dying’s a pain...

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:06:11 -0400

whereisthecoool:

“You gotta love living, baby. Dying’s a pain in the ass.”

-Frank Sinatra

If only I could prove that I wouldn’t be reckless on a...

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:01:53 -0400

If only I could prove that I wouldn’t be reckless on a motorbike!

"The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket."

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:22:10 -0400

“The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket.”

- It’s hard to admit sometimes that often the people closest to us don’t want us to succeed. Or the other way, inside we really don’t want the people close to us to succeed. It’s hard to be left behind, or leave others behind. The best thing you can do is move forward and show the way!

Want to this on my wall cause…

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:12:47 -0400

Want to this on my wall cause…

"We shall not cease from exploration And at the end of our exploring Will be to arrive at the place..."

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:29:52 -0400

“We shall not cease from exploration
And at the end of our exploring
Will be to arrive at the place we started
And know the place for the first time
-T.S. Eliot”

- Sometimes you don’t realize that you are back at the start until you keep moving a little further down one of the roads you have already travelled on. Once the realization hits you think why did it take so long to get back to where I started, this quote made it feel ok to me.

This song still gives me chills every time I listen to...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:29:00 -0400

This song still gives me chills every time I listen to it, watching the clouds roll into Redmond with a perfect soundtrack.

"You can never step into the same river twice, because the second time you have changed, and..."

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:22:14 -0400

“You can never step into the same river twice, because the second time you have changed, and therefore the experience is different ~ Heraclitus”

- This prompted me to write a 5 page blog post I will never publish. The kind of writing that helps you crystalize something that been building inside for a while…feels good.

"Never mind what’s been selling, It’s what you’re buying and receiving undefiled."

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:35:45 -0500

“Never mind what’s been selling,
It’s what you’re buying
and receiving undefiled.”

- Fugazi ~ Blueprint