Monthly Archives: April 2001

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see … Continue reading →

It was a good weekend for development of our RJ radio pilot. First, David and I generated a ton of ideas for segments and posted them in the Planning for a radio show pilot on the message boards. And then … Continue reading →

The experience of being ‘in the zone’ during Friday night’s racqueball match came back to me last night and this morning. Only it wasn’t playing racquetball, it was creative writing, developing story and segment ideas for the Real Joe radio … Continue reading →

Playing as if you must win spoils the game of racquetball and also spoils the game of life. – Timothy Miller It was interesting to stumble on this from Miller’s book “How to want what you have.” It’s from a … Continue reading →

I’ve never done any formal youth sports coaching, even when my boys were growing up. They weren’t into organized sports very much, and I don’t have any talent in any team sports other than hockey. And since I pretty much … Continue reading →

Good news from my wife’s surgeon this morning. The dark mass in the center of the tumor, as seen on the MRI, is one of the largest he’s seen at the 6 month post-radiation stage and indicates that the tumor … Continue reading →

A tragic loss, and the question that follows This is a commentary by an assistant professor of theology at St. Olaf College about the three students who were killed by a drunk driver a few weeks ago. His remarks left … Continue reading →

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. – Bernard Berenson A year ago I was in New York City, attending garage.com’s Bootcamp for Startups. Looks like they’re doing another one in May. It … Continue reading →

A guy in my motorcycle club emails out raunchy jokes to a bunch of other club members every week or so. Most of the time the jokes are pretty funny, sometimes they’re just dumb, and once in a while, like … Continue reading →

My wife Robbie had her 6 month MRI follow-up yesterday, to monitor what’s happening with her acoustic neuroma (non-cancerous brain tumor.) We won’t know for sure till her physician in Rhode Island looks at pics, but to our untrained eyes, … Continue reading →

It was a satisfying weekend. I worked on Real Joe pretty much the whole time, testing PayPal and MoneyZap, prepping the message boards, writing the new edition of Fresh Joe, cleaning up the mailing list addresses, and tons of misc … Continue reading →

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. – William Osler This is easily forgotten as I get caught up in the creation and implementation of Real Joe, the company. … Continue reading →