Dungeon Crawler Carl – A Series Review

Dungeon Crawler Carl – A Series Review

Woah? I haven’t posted anything here in years? Yeah – I guess I kinda gave up on “blogging” a number of years ago when only one of all the posts I’ve done ever got any attention. Perhaps, my limited time and focus should be on other creative endeavors, honey do list projects, practicing my drums, etc. Anyhow, I reserve the right to come in here when the moment calls for it, and dump my thoughts. I’ve been writing more lately on one of my book projects, which is good! “Astra Engineer” is progressing. When I get into a habit, the creativity can spill over. and I think this little exercise is one of those times. Yesterday, I finished listening to a series of books on Audible. Spoiler: I loved it. I felt like I needed to write a little “story” about it, in support of it’s author. I did, and I posted it on Goodreads and Amazon and on my Author page on Facebook. Why not put it here too? It was fun to write. Here it is:

Reading With My Ears

… Why, when for the duration of my entire reading life I have loved, I mean really loved, reading fiction – do I struggle mightily with listening to fiction? I can tell you the moment I this epiphany really hit. In preparation for doing my own podcast, I began consuming others. First just sports, because that’s what I’d be doing (and have now for a couple of years) but soon after, I branched out trying many genres. I discovered an enjoyment of true crime and unsolved mysteries that I never knew prior. When I tried a few fictional podcasts, I couldn’t get into them…

Reaching My Teen Through Music

Reaching My Teen Through Music

Much as I did (and still do) with my older daughter, I share a bond through music with my teen. Only a week prior I had taken her to see a band (Badflower) whose music we had discovered together, over the summer. This time around, Badflower was the headliner, and one of the openers was Weathers – who neither of us had ever heard of.

Living a different life (at Pixar)

Living a different life (at Pixar)

Creativity Inc. has everything I look for. Stories that connect to real events that support points being made. Valuable lessons. Every Agile (Manifesto) Principle in action. Metaphors! Humility and honesty. Mindfulness. A reinforcement of the importance and value of organizational health and empowering culture. Cool technology. Steve Jobs at his best. Every point Ed makes is connected…