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For the first time in seven years, I will be working remotely starting next week. I started the company from home, and after a little less than a year hired people to start working with me in my apartment. Three years of apartment work later, Coalition moved into an actual office in Culver City. I am nervous now about going back to remote work because I want to make sure I am able to keep my motivation up at a high level.… read more “Nervous about Remote Work”

I would eventually like to write a book or two. I am just too busy right now with the business though. I have had a few ideas and even outlined and started a couple. I had a fantasy book with gates where the character would level up. I thought about a nonfiction based on my early business years and relationships.

Today, I did the Marine Fitness test again on the treadmill. I do feel like it is much easier to run on a treadmill then in real life, but I am still happy to report that I am improving. This time I was able to maintain a 8.2 mph pace / 7:18 per mile. My goal is to continue to increment this up 0.1 every week or so until I reach 10 mph!… read more “Run Today”

I noticed that even though my physical fitness levels have been rising with my run times on the treadmill, it seems that my waist line is expanding slightly. At one point, my pants were a little loose on me when wearing waist size 33. I have noticed now that even 34’s are a little tight on me.… read more “Heavier”

Recently, a malicious person had started making changes to my business’s Google Business listing. Google actually allows anyone to make edits anytime to any Business listing it seems. I had to keep changing it back multiple times a day. I requested access to Google My Business API and was granted access. I built an app last night that automatically detects changes and reverts the changes.… read more “Preventing Changes To My Google Business Listing using Laravel & the API”

I mentioned a month ago or so that I had done the Marine Corps Fitness test for fun on a treadmill in Washington. At that time, I had scored a 23:20 for the 3 mile run. I have done it twice since. The next time I sustained a pace of 7:30 per mile for a total of 22:30.… read more “Marine Corps Fitness Test Yesterday”

I was walking home from lunch at Cafe Vida in Culver City today with my wife when I saw a couple with a dog turn the corner ahead of me. The woman dodged back behind a wall in a strange way. The little white dog continued to pull around the corner though… it was a Westie.… read more “An Ex”

When you think of military parade, what images come to mind? This is what I think of:

The first is a Nazi military parade, the second is a Soviet military parade, and the last is a North Korean military parade. Each of these governments is well known for their frequent and elaborate military parades. Why did they hold so many military parades?… read more “Military Parades are UnAmerican”

I have been feeling a lot of stress yesterday. I think this has no particular direct cause… Maybe I have just been taking on too much work and tasks. My usual outlet of exercise has not really helped, I will try to do more exercise today and see if that helps.

I consider myself extremely fortunate to be married to Laurel! She is an amazing wife who puts up with a lot from me and continues to be a great person.