Lifestyle
Usefulness
Today I have to admit that many of my blog posts aren’t useful. Instead of providing information to help others deal with serious, personal issues … and rather than giving some level of relief or insight, I’ve bantered about notions and ideas that don’t encourage or support people in these difficult times.
The Paurian Cafe started [...]
Cold Hard Cash
Just for being in our family the children get approximately $1 per year of age (after reaching 5 years old) each month. It gets divided into fourths and divvied out weekly. For example, one child is 9 years old. I take 9, divide it by 4 and come up with 2.25 a week. I could [...]
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
I’m a pushover for kids. Especially if the child has some type of disease or disorder that puts him or her at a higher risk for being teased and abused by peers. This sympathy probably stems from personal experience, but admittedly, I choke back tears when watching Hallmark commercials.
Twenty months ago when visiting friends at [...]
who am i?
I notice myself being drawn to that question – particularly in lyrics and music. The question raises serious naval-staring moments. I’m really nobody; nothing important; dust or vapor in the wind; a shadow before sunrise.
What makes me so important to others? I’m not special or particularly good looking. If there was anti-charisma, you’d certainly [...]
Thoreau Was Wrong
One of the famous signature quotes from Thoreau is “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” However, he was mistaken. It’s when men don’t lead that they end up in these moments of desperation and if they become complacent in it they ultimately [...]
The Internet Paradox
The Internet is a paradox. All technology is, but to keep from generalized statements – the Internet is a paradox. I’ve been told that any element’s strength is also its weakness, so I’m prepared to look through this at both angles.
1. The internet draws the world closer together. I have a friend at work [...]
Paurian Elevator Pitch
Great ideas come scribbled on paper cafe napkins. That’s when our souls aren’t stiff with starch or choked with a tie. That’s when we relax with our friends and a cocktail drink. That’s when we don’t care how stupid the idea seems. There’s magic when the logic is gone.
This spot on the web is [...]
The Looking Glass Zoo
During my time in high school doodles were constantly being drawn on the side margins of the class notes. This wasn’t unusual; many people doodled on their notes. However, a teacher saw the doodles and felt disturbed enough by them to call in a meeting with my parents. The doodles eventually stopped.
They weren’t doodles of [...]
The Wanderer
I’ve gotten a few comments on Flickr that I must be a great dad. Although it’s true that I love my children and relish the good times I share with them, I am equally irritable and harsh with the criticism. I keep flipping from one extreme to the other, always gauging my mileage from [...]
Time Flies
I’ve noticed that the month of May has flown by quickly. No television was my goal. We watched a few movies – about one every other week. Since I’ve dropped TV, I picked up drawing, photography, photoshopping, flickr networking, more blogging and getting closer to my wife and kids.
Tonight I go to a pizza place [...]
