Archive for the 'Passions' Category

Never Give Up Hope

Hello again loyal readers of Wax Porhetoric (has anyone else ever enjoyed the play on words here or have I just been in a happy little world since I thought it up?). Today’s topic…Never give up hope. Why? Well why not? If you give up hope even momentarily you might as well just throw in the towel with life in
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Times Are Rough But We Need to Keep Pursuing Our Passions

We’re hearing about layoffs left and right and it’s scary. No need to fret though…we should shake it off and continue to pursue our passions. Funny…I just posted a similar article to Chia Town. That one was of course more business oriented but the message remains the same…don’t get down in the dumps because of this economy. Instead, use this
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Putting It Out There

Hello my loyal (and new) readers. It’s time once again to revisit the lessons that The Secret has to teach. I apologize for taking so long to write since my last post, but life has certainly been busy…and I’m happy to say it’s all been good stuff that’s been keeping me busy. I’ll try not to go so long between
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Starting 2009 on a Positive Note

It’s 2009 now just in case you’ve all been sleeping for the past couple weeks. I pondered writing something right around the New Year but why let my message get lost in the jumble of a bazillion people rambling on about New Year’s resolutions (half of which are probably already broken by now)? Nahhhh…I decided to wait it out a
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Stress, Smiles, and Life

Hello my fellow travelers through life, I once again apologize for the long time since my last post. I’ve been crazy swamped with work. Who knew a guy without a full-time job could be so busy? I guess it has something to do with creating another start-up AND working on another grand venture. Life is good as long as we
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Making Changes In Life To Get Back On Track

So there I was…working a crap job. It started off ok, got worse, got worse yet, then worse still. Then the position got terrible and I was just one miserable puppy. I knew something had to be done. My family and friends noticed things just weren’t right (let alone me bemoaning the fact things just weren’t as grand as they
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Stay True To Yourself

As we go through life we’re inevitably forced to wear many masks. We have our home life, our work life, our active life, our mellow life…the options can be limitless. Sometimes we change our persona because we have to, sometimes we do it out of choice. However, as each day passes, as we live our life, we must remember to
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R.I.P. Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch passed away today after a bout with pancreatic cancer. Randy earned his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon (my alma mater) and later returned to become a professor at CMU. I never had the opportunity to meet this man but I wish I would have. Not only was he brilliant in the ways of computer science, it was his way
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Getty Images and Flickr Make It Possible For All Of Us To Be Paid Photographers

Getty Images and Flickr just made a deal where Getty will search Flickr’s vast library of images and if Getty finds one they think is marketable, they will contact the photographer and ask if they’d be interested in letting Getty add that image to their library of licensed photography. These photographers can then receive royalty payments when their images are
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Finding Inspiration In Those Around You

It’s been an interesting couple of months as most of my life revolved around looking for new work (ah, the joys of being a contractor…blehhhhh). One forgets how sucky it is looking for a new gig until they’re thrown in it and realize they have no time to do anything else in life. But alas…every now and then I’ve been
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