Errant Thoughts
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Michael | August 20, 2008
I’ve come to the realization lately (there was no real lightning bolt moment, it was a discovery that dawned upon me slowly) that I have some of my best, most lucid thoughts while driving around.
Many of my “Ah HA!” moments come to me somewhere along Steel Street; about the half-way mark on my drive home.
I don’t know what it is exactly, but it’s true. Maybe it’s the fresh air (I drive with the windows down typically) or empty mind state (by your 30’s driving doesn’t take much thought, esp. on a well travelled route), or some combination of other factors…
Whatever it is though, I drive with a notepad and a digital recorder lately!
I guess what I’m trying to say is, if you see me on the road and wave, don’t be upset if I don’t wave back, I’m probably deep in thought.
Where’s your ‘Thinking Spot’?
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The Ant Wars
Michael | July 17, 2008
Once a month (or so) a colony of very small red ants and a colony of equally small black ants rise to the surface and go to war in an epic battle of miniscule proportions!
They carpet my front walk to the extent that we enter and exit through the garage for about 24 hours.
Then they disappear, I hose away the dead ones, and I don’t see them again for another month.
This is a picture of roiling ants fighting a smallish skirmish just off the front walk:
In previous summers, I tried killing them by placing ant traps, poison (or jumping up and down over and over) but it doesn’t seem to deter them, and they do a great job of killing each other anyway. So now, I just sit on the front steps and enjoy the spectacle.
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Analysis of a Golf Swing
Michael | July 11, 2008
I went golfing this morning and played with a couple of guys who were essentially new to the sport.
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Observations of a New(ish) Parent # 228
Michael | April 9, 2008
It really is amazing how many common and even household words SOUND like cursing when coming from the mouth of a 1 or 2 year old.
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Add this to my christmas wish list
Michael | November 27, 2007
If someone out there on the Inter-web really wants to buy me a christmas present… this is near the top of my ‘Completely unnecessary
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What I didn’t learn about DayLight Savings this year…
Michael | November 14, 2007
I love Daylight savings time in the fall.
Sure it’s dark when I leave work now… but for a few days, I get an extra hour of sleep (at least a perceived extra hour!)
Unfortunately that simple pleasure was denied me this year.
And in order to regain that little joy for next year, I need to learn one thing:
How to quickly reset a 2 year old’s internal clock so they don’t get up an hour earlier than they need to!
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Why continue learning?
Michael | October 8, 2007
You only pay for education once.
You’ll pay the rest of your life for ignorance.
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23
Michael | October 2, 2007
I just finished watching the Jim Carey movie 23.
As the movie ended and I hit the power button on the remote, I glanced up at the digital clock above the TV…
It read 1:13, which my influenced mind read as 23. eerie.
hmm… now that I think a little bit more about it…
www.michaelvaliant.com/ = 23 characters!
Todays date is 2/10/07 (10-7=3!)
I’m 32 this year! (23 backwards)
I live at the 53 house on my street (5 upside down is 2!)
I’m leaving in 2 days for a 3 day seminar in Atlanta!
I have 2 kids, but will have 3 by the end of the year!
I’ve been trying to write this now for almost 23 minutes!!
And this message will self-destruct in exactly 23 seconds!!!!
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Social Media Quote of the Day
Michael | October 1, 2007
Social media is a cult of generosity. Share everything you can with the world.
~ Shel Isreal (from Geof Livingstone)
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Babies Sleep!?
Michael | September 25, 2007
I’d love to meet the folks who first started using “sleeps like a baby”. I’d like to sit them down and have a long heart 2 heart; trying to find out exactly what they were feeding their kids that made them sleep so well.
My experience with kids and sleep is that they never do for long!
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