Comas :: 2 Broken bones :: 21 Surgeries :: 23 Concussions :: 100+ Stitches :: 300+ You don’t become the greatest vertical ramp BMX rider in history without practicing. When you practice for big air, you learn from… Read More ›
Month: April 2013
Text Mex: Meet ‘em where they are.
Would you ever use Twitter to announce the family dinner is being served? Ridiculous question, right? Wait. Hold that answer…. The question was posed while reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s The Thank You Economy (an enjoyable B+ read on the… Read More ›
Libro 15/52 :: The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
When I was 8 years old, I received a miniature Swiss Army Knife for my birthday. It had a few blades and a flesh-colored plastic toothpick. I loved that little knife. That summer I carried it with me everyday…. Read More ›
Confessions of a bilingual construction guy.
His candor surprised me. I’ve never had anyone actually admit it. But there it was. In digital ink on the email in my Inbox. The question that elicited the response was direct. I simply… Read More ›
The Inverse Golden Rule + 3 CYA tools when working with Hispanics.
You know The Golden Rule, right? He who has the gold makes the rules. On the jobsite today, there is an inverse to The Golden Rule: He who has the gold gets sued. When injuries and deaths… Read More ›
“I see dead people” + 3 other common sensibilities.
M. Night Shyamalan, the director of The 6th Sense, was opposed to including what has become one of the most memorable movie lines of all-time “I see dead people.” Mr. Shyamalan thought including “I see dead people”… Read More ›
Micro-fluency :: Sí se puede!
Working at my second office yesterday (Starbucks), two latino twenty-somethings and their language choices caught my attention. They were jumping back and forth between English and Spanish constantly. They’d use English to discuss the details of a school project…. Read More ›
Libro NA/52 :: James K. Polk by Walter Borneman
Sometimes you don’t pick the book… sometimes the book picks you. I felt that vibe with this book. Sometimes the book picks wrong. James K. Polk jumped off the rack at me. Since I didn’t… Read More ›
The Red Angle 