Subject: We can't have nice things
We can't have nice things
October 30th, 2023 at 5:08 pm PDTeven if the nice things are ugly View onlineNot too far from where I grew up was a nuclear power plant called Trojan. Total eyesore and a political hot-button. One could see it from the I-5 freeway. The plant was in Oregon, but on this stretch of th ...
You're with us or against us
October 27th, 2023 at 5:04 pm PDTand it's nothing to do with war View onlineI have a folder in my hard drive called Daily Action. When I'm good about it, I pick out one thing out of it each day and use it as a focal point. I can't really quantify its usefulness, but I like it. Usua ...
At least it's an ethos
October 26th, 2023 at 5:30 pm PDTSome thoughts on the Rapture View onlineThere has been a lot of lunacy lately with regard to the situation in the Middle East. It's basically been rinse-and-repeat my entire life. Some situations change, but the general tone over there is uncivil, t ...
Advice from 'The Jungle'
October 25th, 2023 at 4:20 pm PDTListening to Jim Rome pays off View onlineOne of the things that comes up a lot in my line of work is productivity and time management. How can we become more productive? How can I manage my time better? Easy answer is that it is a process. There's ...
A song about the American dream
October 24th, 2023 at 5:21 pm PDTOver 30 years ago, this classic was released View onlineThe first comedy album I ever remember buying was Denis Leary's No Cure for Cancer. I was in high school. I pretty much had that routine memorized. Still do, for the most part. I was the Denis ...
The score takes care of itself
October 23rd, 2023 at 4:46 pm PDTWisdom from Coach Bill Walsh View onlineThe common question this time of year, is October the best sports month. My answer: It used to be. I believed that and wrote about it nearly a decade and a half ago. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/26891 ...
Every day get one more yard
October 19th, 2023 at 4:45 pm PDTParcells Petty — football, rock 'n' roll, and book reading View onlineI've talked and written a good deal about the power of mindset. It can be transformative. Depending on one's frame of mind, it can be utterly transformative—in either a positi ...
It's a great day to be alive
October 18th, 2023 at 1:29 pm PDTespecially after hearing some Travis Tritt View onlineThe Science™ tells us that multi-tasking is rather inneffective. I tend to agree. The counter to the claim is that we can drive a car and listen to music at the same time...that's multi-tasking ...
Forget 'improving' your life
October 16th, 2023 at 4:43 pm PDTStart replacing things View onlineNone of us are getting any younger. I'm literally aging as I write this. You, too, are growing ever so much older as you parse through these words. A little depressing? Perhaps. Reality is the best way to describe i ...
The Dude abides
October 13th, 2023 at 4:35 pm PDTTakin' 'er easy for all us sinners View onlineA lot of our folks who get these regular emails came over from my podcast, The Brian D. O'Leary Show. I also co-host another show called the Natural Order Podcast. Admittedly, I've been too inconsistent ...