Why do all my Teslas come from Florida? Contessa by 2014 Model S was bought used from a man in Fort Myers Florida. I found him online, negotiated a price, and flew to Florida. He picked me up at the airport and we went to a local Chase bank, where I paid him. Then I…
Category: Life
Personal stuff related to what is happening in my life
Birthday Car Fund
On December 4th I wrecked my beloved car. Got an estimate in Abilene and thought it would be returned to me whole. But once the Tesla-approved body shop got to looking, that estimate doubleed. My Model S was a 2014 with 145,000+ miles on it, which means the value wasn’t going to cover repairs needed….
Contessa Wreck Dec 2019
So this happen. Here’s what happen in a much detail as I remember so I won’t have to repeat it alot. The Mrs and I had tickets to Ballet Magnificat at Beltway Park Church for Wednesday night. We decided to make an evening of it and went to Tokyo Fusion for dinner. That ended up…
Distinctions For Life Is Back
Over a decade ago I had a video podcast – remember when those were a thing – call Distinctions For Life. Well after a very long time I’ve decided to bring it back and make it my main thing. But there are a number of changes. It isn’t a video podcast. Or any kind of…
53 Things I Believe At 53
Written on the occasion of my birthday. It is possible I’m wrong. Tragedy is not evenly distributed. What you believe matters. Perception is not reality. Just because you think something is true doesn’t make it true. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. There are a lot of things worse than death. Ask good and interesting…
Personal Insight on Decision and Action
Looking for next steps is my indication I’m changing direction. I firmly believe in taking action when you decide something. I really believe you haven’t actually “decided” until you start taking action. There is this phenomena in my head where I say, “I’ve decided but not really”. This means internally I’ve decided but I’m not…
What Is A Creative Act?
If I’ve set a goal of creating something every day, how will I know when I succeed? We create things all the time. Is a Facebook post saying I’m back in Texas enough? A photo of the new Cisco Supercharger? No, I don’t think so. Those things are creative, but they aren’t sufficient to accomplish…