I stumbled upon the work of an artist from Barcelona who creates amazing hobo nickels. His name is Paolo Curcio, goes by the name “mrthe” or ‘Mr The’. Samples below, but for the full collection (and a video of him creating one) go to:
http://www.mrthehobonickels.com/
Here’s to hoping this will be an excellent year for everyone.
Been thinking a lot about this lately:
I’ve pretty much abandoned most social sites already. Sure, I’ll occasionally peek at Twitter, post to G+, or pulled into Facebook via an email notification once in a while. But it’s sporadic at best. And I not only ceased participating, but I don’t really know how my friends are doing. I get random retweets or politically charged links. No sense of community or conversation.
And with other sites (Pinterest) and trends (Snapchat and WhatsApp) it’s only getting more fractured and difficult to keep up with (or care about).
This post summed up some of my thoughts, and lead me to resurrect this blog from the ashes.
Not that I won’t continue checking Twitter et al, but since I no longer feel inclined to contribute to the noise, I’ll just use my quiet little site in the corner more I think.
Happy new year to all my friends, family, and especially Kelly and Mighty Max. Love you all. May this year be better than the last.
Been a long time (again) but figured I’d post an update on the goings on of the past 3 months.
First up, I’ve managed to get my diabetes under control. Having lost 50+ pounds and maintained a relatively strict regimen of diet and exercise, the last A1C test I had put me into borderline diabetic territory. Next test isn’t until February but I’m hopeful I’ll be at a place where I’ll be able to stop taking my meds. Been a rough ride, but it was probably the kick in the butt I needed to start being more healthy. I’ve even had to buy new clothes. Twice. I hate buying clothes.
Big news on the work front. The company I’ve often referred to over the past 5+ years as “SuperSweetCo“, actually known as Jive Software, went public on December 13th (symbol: JIVE)! This was a really big and important step for Jive and it’s future. It’s been very exciting, and a number of Jive peeps were at the NASDAQ to ‘ring the bell’ and open trading that day (watch the opening ceremony). Pretty big stuff.
But more important to me personally was that today, December 26th at 8:12 AM, Max turned ONE YEAR OLD!
He’s doing really awesome. He’s on the verge of walking freely (will take a few steps at a time before toppling over, but taking more and more steps every day), eating loads, and growing like a weed. It’s really crazy to think that a year ago, right about now, we found out he’d have to have surgery on our newborn. You can read up on the entire history starting here (navigate to the next post in the series at the end of each one), or by using the linked tag “Max” at the end of this post to find them.
It’s weird to think that it’s only been a year. That all the heartache of Max having to have surgery when he was only 3 days old and not being able to come home for 4 weeks, it all feels like decades ago. It feels foreign, like it didn’t really happen. I’m happy to feel this way now. Because at the time it was horrible and felt like it would go on forever. And aside from a scar (that’s fading more and more every month) Max is a perfectly healthy and happy little man, chasing our poor (but evil) cat around the house saying “act” instead of “cat” and generally being awesome.
Happy birthday Might Max!