It was 3:55 in the afternoon when I got the call. The area code was local to where I live and I rarely got robodials or spam calls with that prefix so I picked up, even though I had a work call in 5 minutes. It was a receptionist from my endocrinologist's office. My heart … Continue reading Here I go again
Reflecting back on Scripted, I think it stopped feeling like my own company pretty early on. I had the luster of a co-founder title but I really was an employee like everyone else. There were some extra freedoms, perhaps, but not real freedom. Not like I have it now. Part of it was not being … Continue reading Being the other co-founder
To note the passage of time it’s easiest to point to a thing, like a grandfather clock or a door frame marked with heights and ages. Time moves. Things stay the same. Even though people are things, we move with time too. I look at a picture of myself from ten years ago and think, … Continue reading Ode to this set of Cuisinart
I stopped putting that weird overhyped soap in my hair when I shower a long time ago. The decision point happened amidst a profound and literal shower thought. I picked up the bottle of shampoo, looked at it, and thought, “Why am I doing this, again?” And then I stopped doing it. That was many … Continue reading I don’t use shampoo
It’s a little cabin on a little lake in Pinecrest, California. The rode ends on the south shore, so the only way in is by boat or by foot. That small inconvenience is actually what makes it so special. The eight-minute trip across the lake is like the space shuttle lifting you off from terra … Continue reading My happy place
I recently drove out to Sacramento to try to see some old friends and public officials I know. The folks on my list were Assemblymembers Phil Ting, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, and Jesse Gabriel. I tried to track down Jason Elliott, my friend from grad school who is now Governor Newsom's Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary, but our … Continue reading Some great advice about how to stand out in local politics
For all of the moping around and support-seeking you see on social media these days about the struggle of starting a business, there’s an underlying truth that these entrepreneurs love the pain. They wouldn’t find time to analyze and write their feelings otherwise. It’s just like a bodybuilder or a model critiquing himself in a … Continue reading Feast on pain
