Kitchen Lighting Project
The next project for my Kitchen Refresh Program is to redo the overhead lighting for the island. Previously there were two pendant lights above the smaller island and a chandelier over what was the breakfast nook.
I removed the pendant lights and replaced them with a clip-in LED pot light several weeks back. The chandelier was also removed and I left the wiring capped until I sorted the final lighting configuration.
Maybe Corporations are a Mistake?
This succinctly summarizes my worry about the Corporation as an entity without the ability to have the best interest of society as a factor in its constitution.
The folly at the root of this foolish economy began with the idea that a corporation should be regarded, legally, as ‘a person’. But the limitless destructiveness of this economy comes about precisely because a corporation is not a person. A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance.
Post-Pandemic Back to School
School started this week where I live. One of my favorite things to do was to attend the High School meet the teacher night. This would usually happen within the first month of school. Since I live close enough, I’d ride my bike there and follow my kid’s schedule. Each teacher has about 7 minutes and the parents would rush from one class to the next, just as the kids must.
Running on Empty by Jonice Webb
This book has been hanging over me for a year and the timing felt right. I was able to mostly skim through this book and read the sections that were relevant to me. What I picked up was validation of why I operate in the world the way I do. What I am to do about it is what I am already doing about it. I guess that is good news.
Using the Doors
Raising teens means a lot of training to be competent adults. This should result in being conscientious of the world around them. What I affectionately think of as the sphere of awareness. The greater the sphere, the better you’ll be able to coexist with other humans. I have realized I have very specific and absurd rules around using the doors to get in and out of the house. I’m pretty sure they are terrible to navigate as a teen.
Welcome to the Internet
I think I watch this about three or four times per year. It’s humorous and tragic and defines exactly why the modern internet is so awful.
Why is there a big rock in the woods?
A Lesson in 220 Power
My family was traveling and I was home with the dog for a few days. On one of those nights, I experienced a power issue, which I wrote up in a root cause analysis.
Symptoms: I woke up early in the morning around 430a to a house that felt warmer and quieter than it should. I figured it was a power outage which is unfortunately not rare in my area. I got up to evaluate and as I walked down the hall, I heard some of the kid’s fans running.
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
I had been feeling underwater with some big projects and shifts in strategy at work. I felt it was time to give Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism another read.
I find the advice in this book to be consistent with many others I have read. I benefit from the repetition of hearing the priority message. Do less, but better. It has challenged me to reduce the number of things I have going on at once and to ask the right questions at work to ensure we are using our time wisely.
Indiana Jones in Black & White
This video explores what makes Spielberg a good filmmaker via Raiders of the Lost Ark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItbCLh4Auoo