by SB Rawz | Jan 12, 2020 | Satisfying Days
Most weeks, I talk with people who are drunk on the flexibility of self-employment. It’s a type of intoxication that I know well; hell, it’s an intoxication I shaped my early professional life around. Going to the grocery store in the middle of a weekday is, to me,... by SB Rawz | Jan 6, 2020 | Bigger Badder Life
Babe Ruth had a batting average of .342. This is a very good batting average, well above average in baseball. This very good batting average is essentially saying that Babe Ruth hit (without fouling) roughly one third of the balls pitched to him. One third. 1/3. Which... by SB Rawz | Dec 30, 2019 | Bigger Badder Life
When I was a teen, I got stress headaches. Not every so often but multiple a day for several years. And then one day, I realized that it had been a while since I had had one. A long while. They had departed so gradually that I hadn’t noticed the progression, even... by SB Rawz | Dec 22, 2019 | Bigger Badder Life
Last week, I messaged Theresa from the aisles of a store: “How much trouble will I be in if I go a little over our gift budget?” On this, our third holiday season together, Theresa and I set a $50 gift budget based on the idea that we both have what we need and much... by SB Rawz | Dec 12, 2019 | Our Web of Interconnection
“I am brown and you are peach.” Last month, I sat at a table at a community dinner and listened to a 5th grader tell this story of a conversation – confrontation, really – she had in 1st grade. She didn’t tell us what led up to the teacher’s insistence...
