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Waffle House—An American institution you can trust
Waffle House is more than just a breakfast restaurant. It's a symbol of America itself.
Looking for my orange
One ordinary orange, one extraordinary moment of clarity, and a reminder that healing sometimes tastes sweet
AI vs augmented intelligence—A post about marketing semantics in the tech industry
'AI' puts the machines front and center, while 'augmented intelligence' leaves the spotlight on the human.
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400 applications in 3 months
I started 2022 with a major career change. It was easy—all it took was applying to nearly 400 jobs in just under 3 months.
🗒️ Disclaimer: What follows is the story of the job search leading to my career change. This post is not a how-to. I do not claim
The Parr Park Rock Art Trail and 21st-Century wonder
Wonder is all around us, if we only know how and where to look for it.
The Cult of We and the dangers of FOMO and hubris
If you had to sum up in only a few sentences the WeWork debacle to someone unfamiliar with the situation, how would you do so? The following quote from The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell would be my
Writing the puzzle
“It’s like putting together a puzzle.” That’s how my buddy explained oil and gas abstracting. “Does that sound like something you’d be interested in?”
Yeah, I told him. I’ll give it a shot. I still had no idea what “abstracting” and “chain of title” and “runsheet”
Writing's common thread
I entered college knowing only that I wanted to write for a living.
I had accepted that I wasn’t going to support myself on the paperback royalties of novels I would never write. Technical writing sounded unimaginative, and I’m not sure my university offered such a program anyway.
Places that once were
Sometimes the past lingers as a reminder of what's to come.
The alien grave in Aurora, Texas
When you hear about Texas, a few things may come to mind:
* Cowboys
* The Alamo
* Salsa and cheese dip
* Big AF state
You likely don't think of the state as possibly being home to America's first UFO crash, which took place 50 years before the better-known