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Surrounded By Beauty.
Hello Friends & Family, “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir Look around. We are surrounded by the wonders and beauty of nature. The climate change discussion likes to draw our attention to the negative effects of our neglect but how about we open our eyes to… Read more
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Music is Life.
Hello Friends & Family, Music is Life. Live Music is Heaven. My memory stinks. I blame not getting enough sleep as a kid. The TV show M.A.S.H. would come on at 11:30pm after the news and I would find myself sneaking downstairs to watch while my parents were asleep. Way too late for any little… Read more
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Life Reevaluation: Breaking Through The Local Maximum
Hello friends and family, I love the mathematical term “Local Maximum”. “A local maximum, also called a relative maximum, is a maximum within some neighborhood that need not be (but may be) a global maximum.” https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LocalMaximum.html If you apply this to life, your overall goal may be to achieving a broader goal like getting so good… Read more
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Five Bullet Review: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Book)
The Five Bullet Review is a condensed review format in as it states, five bullets Bullet #1 — The good Bullet #2 — The bad Bullet #3 — The ugly Bullet #4 — The surprising Bullet #5 — Recommendation I would definitely categorize myself as an “Apple Fan Boy”. When I was in middle school… Read more
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Surviving a Stroke: Returning to Life
Hello Friends & Family, I actually started writing this blog post a couple months back but didn’t enjoy how it was coming together so I started from scratch. Not sure why but maybe because there was still tremendous uncertainty in the entire thing. Well, there is surely less uncertainty now but I’ll save that for… Read more
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Cast as Utensils
Hello Friends & Family, The things we do as parents. Brooklyn had a project where she had to video record a passage from William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream“. I have a hard time reading English, let alone Old English. And by Old English, I mostly think it’s an under appreciated, budget drink. Brooklyn was… Read more
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Five Bullet Review: Dune by Frank Herbert (book)
Hello Friends & Family, I’m generally a heavy research guy when I buy things. I get excited digging in deep about a new area, topic or product. It annoys the heck out of Sarah because she would prefer I “just pick something” rather than spend weeks and months learning about every corner case or limitation.… Read more
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Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022
Hello Friends and Family, Alas, 2021 is coming to an end and a new year is upon us. What is the best way for me to summarize 2021? It sort of reminded me a baby having a surprise blowout on the changing room table and leaving a “fecal Jackson Pollock” on the wall. You look… Read more
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Surviving a Stroke: Recovery
Hello, Friends and Family, Life can feel full of setbacks. All very random and of varying degrees. Not sure I would have predicted having a stroke in 2021 but it happened. Setbacks can also be opportunities given the proper perspective. Back when I was looking for my first job out of college, I was denied… Read more
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Surviving a Stroke
Yup, I had a stroke. Seriously. First, let me take a step back. About ten years ago, I was about 60 pounds overweight and horribly out of shape. I told myself that I wanted to be alive for when my girls got married so I went on this big health kick. I started CrossFit, cut… Read more
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Coming Soon: Ski Season 2021-2022
Fall is upon us here in Park City, Utah. We’re in the middle of “first winter” — where it snows early and those new to the area freak out. It is followed by “second fall” where the snow melts fast and it feels like fall again. Followed by “second winter” which last until March. We… Read more
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Congratulations Waterford Women’s Soccer Team for Girls 2A State Championship
Congratulations to the Waterford Women’s Soccer Team for their 2A State Championship win against Rowland Hall at Rio Tinto Stadium. Molly is the starting midfielder on the team and is surrounded by a super talented set of players. I’m super proud of Molly and the entire team for battling against a team they lost two… Read more
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Phish @ Chase Center (San Francisco, California)
Live Music is Life. It’s one of the biggest things I missed when the world shutdown because COVID. There is something about watching musicians who have spent tireless hours being good at one instrument and and then even more tireless hours working with other musicians to form a band. I’ve been a Phish Phan for… Read more
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There is Life Outside of the Bay Area (Part #4)
Hello, Friends and Family! Alas, the last installment of “There is Life Outside of the Bay Area” series of blog posts journaling my family move from Danville, California to the mountain town of Park City, Utah. There is Life Outside of the Bay Area (Part #1) –> Why did we decide to leave? There is… Read more
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There is Life Outside of the Bay Area (Part #3)
Hello, Friends and Family! In previous blog posts I outlined why my family and I decided to leave California and the logic behind choosing Park City, Utah. Now, it’s time for the next installment — how the heck is it going? I cannot believe that we’re into March 2021. The Mascardo family has now been… Read more
