A life spent putting out fires

Great workouts always inspire me. So does sunshine. These ideas came from both.I was showering and thinking (to make productive use of my time, I think a lot while doing things that bore me – brushing my teeth, taking a shower, knitting, etc) and recalling a...

Irreplaceable Icons

"Apple CEO Jobs’ life not in danger: report" say the headlines this week. Of course, the first thing I thought of was some psychopathic Apple fanboy who was pissed off about overpaying for an unlocked iPhone ($199 with AT&T, $1,199 on ebay...

Kickass success has its price

Had a really interesting conversation with a guy the other day. I’ll keep his name confidential, but he’s a 3x Emmy Winner and was producing a show I was working on. He used to work at ESPN so he had spent the better part of a decade either interviewing...

Like Unto God

A thought I had as I drove down the freeway… “To taste success, true success (in all areas of that moment) – and to have consciously earned it – is to glimpse, for that one simple moment, what divinity must be like.” —Josh...

Love Does Not Possess

I’ve always had a strong distaste for men who like "elbow jewelry". I’ve seen it too much firsthand, and it’s sick. I determined long ago to never objectify anyone I was in a relationship with.That can take on a lot of different meanings,...

Learning from the past but leaving the nostalgia

I had to scan and send some documents today proving that I’m the same person as that Josh Lamka guy used to be.Well, I’m not (thank God!), but as far as the government is concerned I am. My barcode is the same.Anyway, I realized, it’s only been a...