Kent "Ryan"

Our dog Shadow crossed the rainbow bridge tonight (roughly 9 pm on Jun 26, 2024).  He was 13 years old and had suffered a couple… Read More »Goodbye Buddy

Sort of a follow up to my post on remote work… I’ve continued to work from home full time since then. In general I think… Read More »CoWorking

There has been a lot of press around remote work both during and since the pandemic, with what might be a trend lately of companies… Read More »On Remote Work

The end of the calendar year is a sort of a natural time for reflection… how did this year go? From a personal perspective, I… Read More »The Year in Review

Recently had an opportunity to try riding a Class I e-mountain bike. Class I means it is pedal assist (no throttle) and the assist cuts… Read More »E-Biking

With apologies to Monty Python… There has been a lot of news about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Some think having a single rich person… Read More »Twit Olympics

I unfortunately have a lot of experience with our health care system. I’ll leave the specifics out. My first observation is, it isn’t a system.… Read More »Not a System

A couple random, but related, things. Today I went for a mountain bike ride. For the third time in the last few weeks, I had… Read More »Zen and the art of dog walking

When I was in high school I had a great job at the local hardware store. It was within walking distance of my house, had… Read More »The Value of Work