Archive for the 'Personal' Category

Worth the Fighting For

Monday, August 4th, 2008

I just read Worth The Fighting For by John McCain.

The book was written by a man currently practicing politics and still pursuing his ambitions. Unsurprisingly, the book is not critical of anyone whom McCain hasn’t already criticized in public, and it is very positive in its portrayal of himself and his friends.

With that understanding, [...]

I Love California

Monday, June 30th, 2008

CostCo sells booze! Beautiful intelligent adventurous women Sunshine You can get a keg in 30 minutes on a Sunday Ocean breeze Math Culture Industry Mammoth hot springs

There’s also sweet mountains for climbing and riding but they’re a little further than they were in Utah.

Did I mention the girls and the sunshine?

It’s nice to be home.

“Salt Lake City (1)”

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

I moved to Park City, UT almost exactly 18 months ago. I’d been here for three weeks before — enough to know that it’s the ideal combination of small mountain town and cosmopolitan interest. We beat the socks off of Aspen or Jackson for limiting our yuppieness (thank you Church of Latter-Day Saints [...]

Twenty-four

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Today is the first day of the rest of my life, as the saying goes, and the first of 365 days of being 24 years old. 24-year-old Tom doesn’t feel very different than 23-year-old Tom. But I have to admit my place in the world has changed dramatically. I haven’t “just graduated [...]

OOO

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

So nobody ever told you, baby how it was going to be So what’ll happen to you, baby guess we’ll have to wait and see…

I was amused when my roommate, friend, and co-worker Ben Dilts decided upon being [...]

Don’t stare at the rocks

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

I haven’t posted in a while. Oh well.

I made a connection that seemed profound as I was falling asleep last night and thinking about how fortunate I am.

Don’t stare at the rocks.

This was the first useful piece of advice I received when I was learning to mountain bike. It works like [...]

Happy New Year

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

So I’ve been kind of busy the last few months, but I’m still here. And here’s a nice quote:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We [...]

Welcome to Baseball Heaven

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

… is the official tagline of the Cardinals baseball establishment, I think.

I CAN OFFICIALLY DIE. Now, in my lifetime, I have seen the most beautiful thing in the world! Imagine missing 1982’s most beautiful thing by being born 2 months too late! WAY TO GO, CARDS! WE LOVE YA!!!!!

– From some kid on [...]