There is no such thing as good
What if you were the eleventh best-selling musical act for an entire decade? What if you were nominated for 78 awards? (And won 36 of them.) You’d also be lucky enough to be the most hated band in 2014. There is no such thing as good. Good? To whom? You? Maybe. To me? No way. Even the […]
Do you know Baxter Swenson?
We often get responses to these here Sea Log emails. A while back we started getting some not-so-anonymous replies under the alias Baxter Swenson. I’m not making this up. Baxter is smart and funny. But he’s also very opinionated. So the Ericks and I long debated whether or not we should share them with you […]
What are you avoiding?
Nine days ago I finished a marathon. All 26.2 miles. A couple years ago I had no business even thinking about running a marathon. But I started running a little bit. And it got a little easier. And one thing lead to another. The biggest change was the change in my perspective, though. I started […]
Don’t start a war with your neighbor
One time my fiancee and I went out of town for the weekend and when we came back there was a small piece of cardboard wedged into our front door. On it was a note written in thick (but not industrial thickness) black Sharpie marker. It said, “Close your drapes, people. Neighbors don’t want to […]
Are you trying too hard to be happy?
It’s coming. An afternoon so inviting you roll down your window and let it ride shotgun with you. It’s Friday. A song so sweet it makes you forget there are people in this world who still wear socks with sandals – if only for a second. You are happy. But this ju-ju doesn’t last forever. Your tank […]
Tell me about your tribe
This morning I went for a 5-mile run in 2-degree weather. It sucked, but only in the very beginning. The Under Armor-type stuff for cold weather is awesome at retaining your body heat. It only takes a few minutes to forget the fact you’re outside in 2-degree weather in glorified spandex. I don’t flinch about […]
The mismatch of the century
Once every four years a president gets elected. And the United States cares about soccer. And Buffalo, N.Y. gets hit with a legitimate, not-just-schools snow day. A couple Tuesdays ago all my meetings were cancelled for the first time since 2009. It was a nice change of pace, but I was infected with cabin fever early […]
Commitment is your secret weapon
“Commitment is the truest form of passion.” – Roy H. Williams Exactly one year ago last Wednesday we made The Sea Log official. The following Tuesday – on Christmas morning – we published our first real post. It felt like we won. Even if the triumph was over our own self-imposed resistance. But we were […]
The incomplete list of cringe-worthy phrases
I’m feeling spicy. I want people to feel a certain way about me. Sometimes I don’t do the best job of that. So I just say or do things that people expect of me. That never does what I want it to even though it usually feels safe at the moment. You might do this, […]
