Author Archives: Thom
Be Gretchen
Based on my brother’s recent blog post I went and looked at Gretchen Rubin’s 10 Commandments, hoping for a little inspiration. Of course each one of her commandments is linked to a blog post for more detail. For her first commandment, … Continue reading
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The joy of lag-time
I’ve been on a blog-writing spree lately, but I don’t expect it to last. That’s why instead of publishing more than one post in a day I just schedule them out in advance. You get some “current events” posts that … Continue reading
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Book Review: Janitors – Tyler Whitesides
I mentioned recently meeting published author Tyler Whitesides. This is his book. It took awhile to get to it (we were reading The Hobbit first), but I finally read it to my kids (at least the one who didn’t get impatient and read it already). … Continue reading
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Pigeons of Discontent
I discovered Gretchen Rubin several years ago when she was still researching for her book “The Happiness Project“. I’ll admit I lost track of her again until just recently when I found her on Forbes.com. Today she posted a video … Continue reading
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I heart libraries
One of the nice things about being gainfully employed again is that we’ve been able to start buying books again. Our kids are beyond bookworms–perhaps the term “book black holes”. My kids scarf down books the way some kids scarf … Continue reading
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The politics of college
Rick Santorum recently said something that left even the most charitable of us scratching our heads: “President Obama wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob.” Now, as usual the media uproar doesn’t bother to give the … Continue reading
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Imagination fodder
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about writing lately. My first draft of my novel is nearly complete, and once I finish it I will be setting it aside for a few months before diving back in for … Continue reading
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The joy of live music
Last night my wife and I were given a rare treat by my brother and his wife: tickets to see David Lanz and Kurt Bestor together in concert, along with free babysitting. We had excellent seats: a few rows back … Continue reading
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Enemies of Greatness
Jessica Hagy has done it again, this time with The Six Enemies of Greatness and Happiness: Here’s reason #1. Go read the rest.
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Planting a flag
I finished my novel today, and I’m feeling a loss. This has been one of the bigger parts of my life for the last four months. All during that time I was eager to finish so I could move on … Continue reading