Category Archives: Life

May 11

The most selfish act

  “But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.” ― Albert Camus A college buddy and roommate killed himself last week. I don’t really know how you sum up a life or friendship. Vaughn Shain Alexander was smart, witty, and the kind of guy everyone admired. One of his friends posted […]

April 19

Time to Impact

If there was something that I forgot a long time ago, it was that I had the power to do anything as long as I set my sights on it. I have been giving a lot of thought recently about life, liberty, and impact. Tonight, I stayed in and watched “Breaking Glass” and “All the […]

March 25

Time Lapse Music Video: “Dream Music”

Time is the illusion within the dream of life. A static screenshot fails to do justice to this time-lapse masterpiece of a music video, which was created by Marc Donahue and Sean Michael Williams and took around 6-8 hours of work for 3-4 seconds of footage.

March 16

Would you rather?

Call me dog and cat crazy, but I would rather speak to animals? Any thoughts?

March 10

First Kiss – Watching complete strangers kiss for the first time

A film creator, Tatia Pilieva, asked 20 complete strangers to kiss on camera for the first time, and the result was not as awkward as you would think. This is beautiful.

March 07

Pound It

Better than a high five. Two people both call something, They pound it. Fist together. “Told ya the cops would come.” “Yup… pound it.”

March 05

AIDS LifeCycle Year 2, An Invitation to Participate

A Ride to End AIDS For my 2nd year, I am riding in AIDS LifeCycle and have committed to raising $10,000 for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. From June 1-7, I will cycle from SF to LA to raise money for HIV / AIDS awareness, research and funding. Please consider donating to help look for […]

March 03

City View: San Francisco

San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”) was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for St. Francis of Assisi a few miles away. San Francisco isn’t like other cities. It’s only 7-by-7 miles, making it America’s tiny urban treasure. San Francisco embodies […]

February 23

Getting to Your Personal Best

Ira Glass on the creative process. If you’re struggling to become exceptional at something, Ira Glass, host of acclaimed radio show “This American Life,” has some words of wisdom for you. The advice is as beautiful as it is brilliant.

February 19

Daily Perspective: Mother Teresa’s Anyway Poem

Mother Teresa’s Anyway Poem People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be […]