Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Holding patterns in life are just like holding patterns in airplanes: You go around in circles and it makes you sick.

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Thursday, August 22, 2002

I've talked about this before--I have scale problems. I suppose it's a product of being raised in an era when interconnected thinking is prevalent. My parents, Baby Boomers, grew up under the strict umbrella of industrial-age thinking. Things and phenomena were examined by dissecting them into pieces. Those of us called "Generation X" have grown up with at least some exposure to more holistic methods of thinking. This is good, because as we all know by now it's a closer parallel to the manner in which the world truly operates.

For me, however, it causes problems. I absolutely find it mind boggling to separate one event or thing or person from another. When I analyze situations and try to problem-solve, I find it difficult to put outer boundaries on the domain of the problem. I want to keep connecting everything to everything--leading me to endlessly complex and insoluble situations.

I became better at putting edges on things during my four years of practicing architecture, and during my two years at business school. It's no surprise--both architecture and industrial-age business theories (which, yes, are still part of the contemporary MBA) have at their core a mechanistic view of the world, one that encourages piecemeal analysis.

I don't want to define edges. I don't want to have my problems neatly encapsulated. (Well, maybe I want to, but it seems against my nature to do so.) As a result, I'll continue to live with my scale problems--perhaps some day they'll actually come in handy.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2002

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." Albert Camus, 1913-1960

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Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Today: I saw a dog being pulled in a red wagon by its owners (an older couple). The dog was not injured.

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Monday, August 19, 2002

Manufactured homes go mainstream...hmmm.

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Thursday, August 15, 2002

We're moving today. The movers are here right now. My goodness--it's much better to have movers than to move yourself. It's worth every penny.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2002

What I learned from my recent trip to California: Don't fly Southwest Airlines. Based on my experience, I think I have a new motto for the company:

Southwest. It's just like riding the bus in downtown Detroit!

Should I pitch it to them?

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Monday, August 12, 2002

It’s funny how when we (Rose and I) go out of town we don’t blog—it’s so easy to do it from anywhere. I suppose the reason is that when we’re away, we really want to be away. Anyway, we’re back.