Jan 31, 2010 Posted by john

Take a Number… Wait, nevermind, you are a number

I’ve never really had a problem with waiting. I know that many people hate to wait for things– appointments, people, Christmas, whatever. That’s the reason that, as much as I can, I try to be early when I meet with people. I’m afraid that people don’t want to wait for me. At the same time, I sometimes wish people would show up late for meetings with me– even an hour... read more

Jan 31, 2010 Posted by john

Background Noise

When I was 25, it was a very good year. There were, beautiful girls wearing… nurses uniforms and… telling me to wake up… “Wake up. Wake up, John.” Groggy, I opened my eyes to a white and pink room that smelled of a combination of death and the avoidance of death. A few days later, I left the hospital to 30 days convalescence leave and barely another year as a member of the “US... read more

Jan 30, 2010 Posted by john

Barrett’s Esophagus

… check. Throttle ignition lock? Check. And we’re descending into Despair in 4… 3… 2… This is one of those things that sucks to write about, not because it’s hard to write but because the very act of writing it– while it helps me to formulate my thoughts and feelings– proves that it’s true. And I really really wish that none of this was true. There’s an onion... read more

Jan 19, 2010 Posted by john

The Failure of Wasted Time

Yesterday, I saw an interesting snippet on Manton Reece’s blog. It’s actually a snippet of a snippet, because it was originally written by Seth Godin: When I was at MOMA last week, I saw a list of director and artist Tim Burton’s projects. Here’s the guy who’s responsible for some of the most breathtaking movies of his generation, and the real surprise is this: almost every... read more