Poop Patrol: Dog Crap Bags

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I usually get the basic blue dog crap bags, but they were out of them at Petsmart the other day. So we had to get the next best thing. Poop Patrol system Cracked me up bigtime reading ... [read on]

Beyond Rich

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“I live mostly in my plane. I go and go and go in freedom”

from PG

Out of the 6+ Billion people on this planet…there are some super rich folks.  This russian cat…my o my.  Buying 100 million dollar paintings and ... [read on]

Blog Crap

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LL pointed out today that she doesn’t like the format of my new blog with tags and everything.  I am not super stoked about it yet either.  I’m adding the bald picture back shortly and want to adjust some of ... [read on]

Frankfurt Airport Crap

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I have a 3+ hour layover here.  Love the direct flight from PDX to EU.  No SEA or SFO stuff.  Just saw that we have our World Cup Gear starting to rock and roll.  Looking good Chris!

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Ali

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Sunday thoughts from theFarm

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It’s about 5 am and everyone is sleeping.  This has been the story since we arrived a few days ago.  I get up around 5 am or so and do my own thing for about 3 hours b4 everyone gets ... [read on]

Thoughts about being back in the US of A

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Been back for about 6 days and here’s has been my typical day since I got back.

- get up between 3 and 4 am.

- work, plan, stratergize, meet, work, communicate, call, work, work-out, laugh a bit here and there.

- goto bed around 7:30 pmish

Just starting to get back to socializing.  This is a big year for BootsnAll…we have been growing for about 7+ years now and certain decisions need to be made about the direction and kind of company/community we are becoming/growing into.  Being away in Africa for 6 or so weeks gave me a chance to reflect away from ringing phones and busy social calendars.  Where is BootsnAll going?  What is my place in it and everyone else new and old in our organization….I am excited and feel challenged by it.

Sometimes I still think we are a few guys in a small apartment talking travel online and trying to crack open how to make something sustainable online that I am proud to be affiliated with.  To a degree, we have achieved that - so where to next?  Well, like with any goal - as we achieve a few of them, new ones are set…and the goal posts are moved farther back.  Anyway, this has been taking up almost all my thoughts and stress for the past month or so.

We have it made

I think I write/think about this every time I come back to USA after being overseas.  We have it made here.  Yes, we are not a perfect country and we can improve in a lot of areas.  But from what I can see, this has got to be one of the best countries in the world in regards to having decent quality of the following:

- education

- life

- freedom

- wide open spaces

- diversity of weather, terrain (mountains, oceans, climates etc)

- ability to find a way todo what you want.

Yes - I was born into a middle-class white Chicago family and may have had more opps than some in the USA.  But even if you think you have it really bad, the whole of the world is shiting on you, you can bet your arse that someone in East Africa or from the Coloured/Black Classes in South Africa has/had it way worse than you.  Some of the opportunities we take for granted around here are not even on the fucking radar as a possibility in other places.  But that radar is growing via the web and media.    Some farmers in East Africa might watch a TV at the local pub and see that the community that they live in is not the only place in this world, where 100 or so years ago, information and people from far away would never make it’s way to that village.  The opening of information and people traveling creates new opportunities, as well as seeing grass that might be greener for some.

I don’t know where I am going with this…keep in mind - this posts category is "crap".  No time to edit and refine for now…

Happy Sunday.  Moved that Farm picture into extended entry - kinda sucks.

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Worldwide…literally

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At dinner tonight, Ben was sharing with some friends, that when he comes into our temporary home in Cape Town, he is not just working with Sean and Court from PDX, but also with folks in Europe, India, Australia, ... [read on]

Crap about Crap

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My blog was down for a day or so - Typepad changed some DNS settings or something like that. I think I am just gonna move my blog to BnA’s Blogging Platform sometime soon.  Working on a new design ... [read on]

My year in Cities

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Vancouver BC
New York, New York
Semarang, Indonesia
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Eugene, OR
San Francisco, CA*
Bali, Indonesia
Delhi, India
Bucharest, Romania
Bacau, Romania
Random Places in Romania
Warsaw, Poland
White Salmon, WA
Los Angeles, CA
Yellowstone National Park, ... [read on]