Opportunity Amongst Uncertainty

Opportunity Amongst Uncertainty

It can be a challenge to find your place in life; if we’re putting it nicely. There are those select few who know exactly what they want to be from the moment they are born.  An architect, an author, a doctor, a lawyer or a successful businessman.  They’ll plan each action and every step with extreme precision knowing that one day their journey will lead them to the conclusion of their … [Read more...]

How Being Viewed as an Idiot Can Actually Benefit You

Idiot's Guide

"Steve, you're an idiot." I’m no stranger to that phrase. It used to get to me; burrowing deep under my skin, forcefully pushing that defensive personality to the surface.  At that point all I wanted to do was drag someone else down with my newly deflated confidence.  It usually resulted in some sort of ridiculous insult aimed back at the perpetrator that held no relevance to the … [Read more...]

Mission: Hopefully Not Impossible

Mission

If you choose not to accept this assignment your computer will explode in 3, 2, 1... Did you duck and cover?  Didn't think so. That would be a pretty dick move of me to blow up your computer.  Even if I did have the know-how and technological means to do so.  But I don't. Well, back to reality. The mission I'm referring to is not the kind that requires cool weaponry, daring escapes, … [Read more...]

What is This HoboDrifter You Speak of?

A HoboDrifter

Have you ever created or redefined a word with your friends? Living in a world of instant messaging, twitter, pseudo-illiterate rap artists, and texting, new words and meanings are constantly being formed.  It's pretty entertaining stuff. We live in a society where bad can really mean good, and word is not only an organized collection of letters, but can convey a casual sense of affirmation … [Read more...]