Musings at Altitude

It’s after midnight now, and President Obama begins his first full day on the job after a night of celebration, dancing and song.  He’ll most likely start this morning with his national security brief and then get on with the issues at hand as he motivates a nation to respond to the hope and the […]

A year or more ago when I was at max frustration with the internal politics of our billion dollar bureaucracy, I mentioned to a very good friend that wouldn’t it be cool if our motto was JDYJ – “Just Do Your Job” – and every time any inside-the-company shenanigans occurred, we quickly popped JDYJ. A […]

Every now and then I find myself thinking about “how things used to be”.  I think back to the 1980’s before cell phones.  I think back to the 1990’s before computers in every home.  I think back to the 1970’s and 1980’s where cameras still had film and you could have the printed photo come […]

Several things to quickly mention tonight: (1) Nothing much better than the smile on my 14 year old when her favorite team (the Avs) obliterates one of their hated enemies (the Flames) with her favorite player (Budaj – the goalie – “he’s so hot”) stopping just about everything thrown at him and two of her other […]

Last night during the Avs game, she brought me a copy of the NHL Rules for how many goalies should be dressed for a game.  She basically handed them to me and said “so there”, still obviously steaming from our bus stop conversation that morning.  I read the page and a half rules of how […]

I received this via text from Beaumont, TX, late yesterday…what a great way to end (and start) the day!

In this month of January, I’ve been able to take my 14 year old to the bus stop every day, and I’ve also been able to pick her up from the bus stop a couple of days.  If plans play out, I’ll be able to do the morning bus stop run every day this month […]

I have a CD in my car called “Three Wooden Crosses”, and my 14 year old and I love so many of the songs on that CD.  I have rarely made it all the way through the CD because we constantly replay our favorites.  But the other morning I kept  listening without switching and made it […]

When I pray in the morning, I ask God to help me be the father I need to be, the husband I need to be, the son I need to be, the leader I need to be, the team member that I need to be and the friend I need to be.  I could add […]

For some reason, today I got a lot done…an inordinate amount of things done…and I really don’t know why.  I was able to write entire strategic account plans in a matter of minutes not hours.  I was able to contact numerous folks on my “to do” list in a very short period of time, and […]