Random Learnings #12
My wife and I attended a game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last Saturday. I've attended a handful of games over the years, it's an incredible venue: almost consistently…
Traveling
I am speaking at Devoxx Morocco in October, the first time I'll travel to Africa. When I spoke at Devoxx UK earlier this spring, my wife came with, but she's…
Mother’s Day At Keukenhof
What comes to mind when you think of the Netherlands? Canals? Hans Brinker, the boy who saved the country by sticking his finger in the dike? Anne Frank? Famous painters…
Meandering Thoughts #11
Though I grew up on 70s rock-n-roll, I hadn't though about the Foreigner song Hot Blooded in a while. Well, I'm hot blooded Check it and see I got a…
40th High School Reunion
I graduated from my rural Iowa high school in 1983 with 48 others in a standard, uneventful, and completely forgettable ceremony, so - holy shit - I've now been a…