I Sold My Company in 2017. It just showed up at my dinner table.

My son is an AEMT at a local fire department, and I just learned, that they use software I built in 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Circa 2011, I had an idea and pitched it to everyone who would listen, securing a $1M investment. I wasn't trying to conquer the world nor…

I Earned the Carnegie Medal For Best Dad.

Presented to me for services performed from 2006-Current. I’m still in service. My wife and the kids know what they will endure, sustain, and embrace when I’m around. Sure, they always ignore the fine print, but it is there. I’m the guy whose hand drifts toward the…

The Unraveling

What I find interesting about everything you tried to put my family through is how much we saw you unravel by your own hand. We'd been warned. I disregarded it I didn't know them. I didn't know you. You were just my neighbor who…

2.5 Of 5 Senses Don't Work

Since my accident and rehab, my vision was wrecked, my hearing in one ear was down to ~30%, and my taste and smell were gone. My vision healed and came back to 20/20 within about 6 to 7 months. I was told that although surgery could be performed on…

I Wrote Another Book!

A study put out by "Jake Toolson University" cites that "..being predictable is boring." - 1981, LIFE. In an interview conducted with their chief DGAF, Jake Toolson.. . Actually, he walked away from the interview. The people with answers are usually selling something. Stop being boring ❤️ Jake…

I Launched My First Online Course!

It teaches kids how to stay offline. For 7 days, your kid logs into their tablet. Opens an app. Watches me explain why they should go outside and touch grass. Here's the curriculum: Day 1: "Why screens are bad for your brain." Day 3: "The…

AI Architect, AI Consultant, AI Wizard Is A Joke

"AI Architect" in your LinkedIn title and resume is the new "Growth Hacker" from 2013. It's a costume, not a credential. You know what we called people who designed systems that happened to include machine learning five years ago? Engineers. Architects. Sometimes just "…

Numbers Dont Lie. People Lie.

That dashboard you're staring at didn't materialize from the void. Someone chose what to count. Someone chose what not to count. When the numbers look wrong, your first instinct is to debug the math. Wrong instinct. Debug the people. Who touched this data? What were they…

Hate Only Comes From Below

My wife sent me a text that included a lot of the below philosophy. She smiled after she sent it, saying "it's incredible to look back, and reflect on how much he tried to do to us, how much he said about us to others, when all…

We Arrive With Nothing

We build temples out of paychecks. Altars of leather seats and square footage. We hang diplomas like saints on the wall and call it arrival. The hungry years. The proving. The more, the almost, the finally. We gnaw the hours down to bone for things that will forget our names…