Bridget’s pregnant! Best news ever since 2008. Bridget and I were ecstatic to find out we were becoming parents just a short while ago. This was something that we didn’t know would ever happen to us. We had some interesting medical experiences in…
We had aimed to finally break the 24 hour mark. Last year we had come 12 minutes short in our goal, so we were focused to get it done this year. And, we added TJ to the mix. This year I was uhmmm……
Last year Bridget, Lisa, and I decided to travel eastward down Highway 50. However, this Memorial day we decided to go a bit more north and discover i80 East. Day 1 Gerlach – We decided to first head over to Gerlach to explore…
John Wooden was basketball coach who coached 10 teams to national championships: Even a stubborn mule responds to gentleness Role model is the most powerful form of education Make each day your masterpiece Make friendship a fine art Build a shelter against a…
Viktor Frankl was a psychologist who experienced years within a concentration camp. This was my first book seeing the nightmare of concentration camps. Men would be stripped of their clothes, their hair shaved, their families taken away, their life work burned to the…
This book YES! was a surprisingly great book. From a scientific perspective, it gives us methods that we are persuaded by. The way socially we manage our own ways of influence is extremely interesting. The book covers many factors of persuasion, all relating…
Malcom Gladwell develops complex concepts within his simple and clear stories. This is the second book I’ve read from Gladwell, and it was a good read. The Tipping Point discussed three characteristics that cause epidemics: contagiousness/stickiness, how little causes have big effects, and…
“Are you a snake-oil salesman or a scientist?” This short read takes the scientific approach of social media. It points to the best-practices and asks them to show proof why things are shared. And then it goes deeper into the research-driven results. Just…
Turning 30 Bridget and I both celebrated our second annual 29th birthday, which included a countdown, a scavenger hunt of our life, and a surprise party Exploring Nevada’s Outback With Lisa, we decided to venture east on Highway 50 through Fernley, Fallon, Austin,…
2011 marked the year that TJ moved into our neighborhood, a few houses down from Rob and me. Well, we knew we had to act quickly for our Northwest house crawl. This year was going to be a bit more intimate, and…