Year: 2014

It’s been four days since my last shower. Four days since I had any meaningful contact with another human being. Finally, here I am. Boulder, Colorado. The happiest place in America. Multiple publications have deemed this city to be the healthiest, happiest and smartest place in America. To prove the point, the city has more…

I left Delaware on a Friday afternoon. A storm had caused chaos that week. I remember the electricity was still out at my parent’s house. But I was going west. My first stop Pittsburgh. I expected Pittsburgh to be an industrial wasteland. Instead, I found a pretty thriving city. I knew one couple in Pittsburgh…

Two years ago, I journeyed westward on my second and final RV adventure. It’s hard to believe I once owned a RV or even did this trip. This second adventure was a turning point in my life and so it’s been difficult to write about those months. How do I value those months? Is it…

My first program was a Perl script when I was 12. I was a webmaster for a Heaven Gaming Site. This was years before Facebook ever existed. Before Gmail. Before Google was a household name. Over the years, I’ve taken a meandering route around programming, web development, academics, and dharma study/practice. I remember entering college…

Everything constantly changing. Thoughts and emotions turning. Happiness in the morning over a pleasant email. Discomfort in the afternoon over the heat. Sadness in the evening over a disagreement. Mind keeps thinking of possible opportunities. Lost loves keep haunting my dreams. Excitement over meeting someone new. Exhaustion over having to try again and again. The…