Category Archives: Skills
DENOUMENT FROM TRIPLE OVERTIME
When the events of the story conclude, tie up and make sense, you have Denoument. We make resolutions at various times throughout life and to say we’re short sighted would be grotesquely inadequate. Our resolutions are not action focused or … Continue reading
BREAKIN’ UP 2.0
Technology has taken “Dear John” to a new level. I parted ways with my mobile carrier yesterday and fell into the arms of another. The beauty of the potentially cataclysmic event was that I didn’t even have to see my … Continue reading
TETRIS LIFE
You know good and well Tetris life doesn’t work. Is there anybody 25-40 years old who didn’t play Tetris at some point, who didn’t wait for the long slender piece to get you 6 rows deleted? The piece sometimes appeared, … Continue reading
INHALATION
It could be that we inhale far more than what we need to breathe. In 1999, I spent two weeks in Manila trying to land a job in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). I rode around town in “Jeepneys” – … Continue reading
MISSED CALL
Pick up your mobile phone after having it on silent or vibrate all day. You see the words on the screen and are thrown into panic so you view the names and/or number(s) of the desperate people who have tried … Continue reading
PERSISTENCE
I recently went back into the classroom as a Language Arts teacher. Upon arrival I looked around my new digs and discovered a sign that read: “Failure is the path of least persistence.” The first time I read it, I … Continue reading
LONG DAY
What time do you get up in the morning? Days have blur to them as I go to bed thinking about what needs to be done tomorrow. And consequently, a day that should feel new feels part of a never … Continue reading
INSIDE OUT
Inside out is hard. Ask a running back. They get paid to follow large men into confusion and escape unscathed. While offensive lineman protect their respective play callers from annihilation, running backs make a living penetrating the human mine field … Continue reading
