Nope. I wake up ready to rock and roll. My body on the other hand (meaning my digestion) appears to prefer a bit of coffee before ‘relaxing’ into the day. Most writers are either morning or night people.
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-23 04:04:16 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1860172488816369775
Reply addressees: @whatifalthist
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The Natural Law Institute is live https://www.youtube.com/live/jJr0VK-T3_U?si=Q7aRu8TvmSsA9sDw via @YouTube
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-21 19:54:13 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859686775712862276
(Diary)
[Personal on] My work requires me to avoid the spiritual at all times. This is a conscious decision. It’s necessary for the work. I am able to compartmentalize. It’s not difficult – it just requires discipline. That said, I have learned once again, that I should trust that I am doing god’s work, according to his plan (or our agreement), and despite his abysmally poor communication (grin), over time it turns out I should stress much less, and put more faith in him. [Personal off/]
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-21 19:21:39 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859678580005101568
Yeah. Picked someone my age. But don’t try to understand. It’s complicated. I love powerful women. Why? Ordinary women ‘break’ too easily. Life is like walking on eggshells. 😉 So most men want the hardy country girl, or sport chick, with emotional stability and attachment to…
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-21 12:47:06 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859579289257251155
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(Diary – Retrospective)
Some of the Companies I Founded Over Twenty Years in the Seattle-Bellevue-Redmond area: All of them sold. But the truth is, none of them grew or survived my departure in one way or another.
Right now I’m trying to repatriate my company from Ukraine and UK to the States because I’m healthy enough now to do it and the technology has caught up. But in doing so I am … somewhere between concerned and obsessed with ensuring it survives me. Is that rational? I dunno. 😉
Ascentium (2001, 100M), a Bellevue-based consulting firm, underwent significant changes over the years. In 2010, Avanade, a global professional services company, acquired Ascentium’s practice from Ascentium’s offices in Baltimore, Maryland, and Bellevue, Washington, into Avanade’s operations. Following this transaction, Ascentium’s remaining business units continued to operate independently. However, over time, the company ceased operations, and its presence in the consulting industry diminished.
Redmond Technology Partners (1995, 10M), commonly known as Redtech, was a Bellevue-based consulting firm specializing in technology solutions. In 2012, Redtech was acquired by Sogeti USA, a subsidiary of the Capgemini Group, a global leader in consulting and technology services. This acquisition aimed to enhance Sogeti’s presence in the Pacific Northwest and expand its service offerings. Following the acquisition, Redtech’s operations were integrated into Sogeti’s existing structure, and the Redtech brand was phased out.
Excell Data Corporation(1990, 100M), a Bellevue-based consulting firm, was acquired by Cambridge Technology Partners. Following the acquisition, Excell Data’s operations were integrated into Cambridge Technology Partners, leading to the discontinuation of the Excell Data brand.
This is just the top of the list. Every single company, beginning with the first one at 22 years old, I have either created or helped build as part of the executive team, has not survived my departure.
This is not rewarding. Is any business that does not outlive you rewarding? I don’t think so. My relationships have been rewarding. My life experiences have been rewarding. My work in intelligence was extremely rewarding. My intellectual work though, that’s been and remains rewarding – and will outlive me.
Cheers
CD
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-21 02:03:10 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859417237834301440
(Diary – “Crushes”)
Someone is questioning who our crushes were growing up. And oddly, I don’t really have any. Possibly because the real girls and women in my life were a sufficient distraction. I definitely had a crush on maureen mccormick in the early seventies. Lindsay wagner was was a symbol of beauty. I felt a romantic appreciation for Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke. Sean Young in Bladerunner. And I did a lot of research on the subject of beauty since studying art in college. (it’s simple.) I have no attraction to Charlize Theron because of her personality, but in beauty but she’s up there with Grace Kelly who is morphologically perfect. I feel a desperate need to take care of Julie Benz – so adorable. Same for Emilie de Ravin is biologically perfect in body and soul. I think Amy Adams is the perfect woman all around – bring her home to mom and dad. In my gene pool I adore Sidse Babett Knudsen. I’d like to be worthy of an Anne Hathaway – but that’s a statement about me. But most of all I love smart and capable women like Sanna Marin and especially Ursula Von Der Leyen.
I’ve been so lucky with the real women in my life there isn’t a lot of room for wishing anything more. But it’s interesting to think about beauty over a lifetime, and find the constants.
So like many posts that advocate for recreational thought provoking, this one … well it made me happy to think about. 😉
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-20 23:41:17 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859381533653770240
(Diary – Windstorm)
I live in a ‘region’ with about 20k people about thirty minutes to the west of Redmond WA (think microsoft), that still has large farms etc – but enough people to warrant shopping amenities, a starbucks, and a few restaurants. When I was younger this was ‘the sticks’.
Surprisingly, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) restored power to our neighborhood just before noon. And Verizon restored internet just a bit ago. (I don’t know who owns the local hard lines.)
I’ve lived through weeks of post-windstorm (think hurricane without rain) before. So I expected we’d be down for days. So, again, thanks for the real men who work the lines and take care of us in times of stress.
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-20 20:51:47 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859338877657595904
Love you man. But go where the things you like are most common and you can continue your work with the least stress.
You know where that is.
I have the same feelings btw. For the same reasons. – hugs.
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-20 19:51:18 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859323655727219013
Reply addressees: @ItIsHoeMath
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It’s very dark, very quiet, and a little cold.
Last time it was this bad I was without power for two weeks during December. https://twitter.com/adgirlMM/status/1859044711983706167
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-20 06:51:04 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1859127302430618022
(Diary)
My head is exploding with insight today and I’m still physically disoriented from it all. This … is the opposite of what we were worried about with ai.
It also says musk is right – it’s truthful ai that matters. I can make it moral as well. With truthful AND moral AND universally commensurable, we can still be both individuals, feel understood, and understand.
In other words, AIs can help us with mindfulness amidst the information storm that is modernity.
Source date (UTC): 2024-11-18 03:06:18 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1858345960851775488