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YOUGETTO

February 4, 2025

You get to choose. Don’t let the evil things others do influence you. Don’t let the crazies make you crazy. You get to choose. This game is not decided for you. What you get to think, you get to choose.…

The Next Chapter

June 20, 2024

If you are like me, it’s time for the next chapter in my story. What is behind me is over, and what lies ahead is what is now most important. I can’t leave everything behind. I have memories, I have…

The Gap – Wanting a Good Life

February 15, 2024

Is there a gap between what you want, what you expect, and what you have? How things “should’ be? Maybe it’s something you’d like? Maybe something doesn’t feel quite right? Maybe you can’t put your finger on it, but there…

The Final Lesson –

December 28, 2023

It’s Our Turn I already mentioned this in a previous post, but I thought it was worth repeating. I think it’s a good way to sum everything up. The End of the Story As my dad was in his last…

Lesson #12- It’s hard to take your own advice. I make dumb mistakes all the time. So do others. It’s okay.

November 2, 2023

I’m continuing my series on Lessons from my father. They seem to be getting harder, and more profound. My dad was brilliant in many ways, but he was horrible at taking his own advice, or at least it seemed that…

Lesson #11- About Evil – Evil is a real thing, and there are people who serve it. Most of them are foolishly unaware of the evil they do. Be careful of them, but love them too, and pray for them. Remember that even the best people, with the best intentions can hurt you.

October 16, 2023

This is not a blog post about morality. This is a post about understanding that there are people who do harm, either intentionally, or unintentionally. The harm itself, is real, and has consequences.

Lesson #7- Serve others and you will find happiness

August 24, 2023

If you don’t know where to start, start by listening to them. – from Lessons from My Father ”It’s not about you.” I don’t know who said that first, but it’s a pretty common saying. I find myself repeating it…

I’m learning to celebrate what I don’t do.

July 11, 2023

I’m learning to celebrate what I don’t do; the TV I don’t watch, the debts I don’t take on, the expenses I don’t have, the desert I don’t eat, the drink I don’t have, the time I don’t spend on…

If you want more time, pick something to not do.

July 11, 2023

It’s fortunate how good effort often leads to good fortune, and unfortunate that foolish effort leads to foolish fortune.

July 3, 2023

Why did you start a Jazz Festival in North Bend Washington of all places?

April 17, 2023

“Why did you start a jazz festival? In North Bend Washington, of all places?” Ha. The better question is probably, why do I still run a jazz festival in North Bend? For those of you that don’t know, I started…

It doesn’t matter what you say you believe. It’s how you live each day that shows others what you believe.

April 6, 2023

Hey I published a book this month

March 31, 2023

I haven’t been blogging as much lately, but for a really good reason… I finished, and published my first book. [ Sidebar, I actually wrote another book before this one but didn’t publish it. ] Bebop by the Numbers is…

Lesson #5- Try to understand what other people think, and “why” they think that way

February 27, 2023

It is far easier to judge and condemn others than it is to seek to understand their point of view. It’s far easier to not care about what they think. It’s also popular, everyone is doing it. It’s all over…

Don’t Do It! Procrastinate Your Way to Success – Seriously

January 1, 2023

Sounds odd doesn’t it? After all why do today what you can put off till tomorrow? If you are like me you have had it beaten into you that procrastination is bad. You’ve been told all your life to, “Take…

Lesson #4 – We are all individuals…

December 18, 2022

Wondering how I am doing in comparison with others has never helped me. It’s only led me to discouragement and despair. I don’t know if I will ever match my hero’s abilities, and there always seems to be someone better…

I decided at some point to no longer care about how I measure up to others. Let them chase their success, while I define my own.

November 15, 2022

Lesson #2 – Time is Short, Don’t Waste Your Wit on Anger

October 17, 2022

In the end, our time is so short. Don’t waste your time judging others. It’s not worth wasting your wit on anger. Just focus on what you can do, yourself. – Lessons from My Father I used to take pride…

Busy is easy. Less is hard.

September 27, 2022

Busy is easy. Less is hard. Will I ever have enough time? Probably not. Time seems to be the thing that I lack the most. Time with friends, with family. Time to exercise, to read, to think, to reflect, to…

As Long As I Am Going to Die ..

September 22, 2022

“As long as I am going to die someday, I may as well play jazz…” That about sums it up for me. I walked away from my career in corporate America for my kids, and all the students I work…

Lesson #1 – Be Thankful for Everything You Have Been Given

September 19, 2022

Lesson #1 – Be thankful for everything you have been given, and say thank you all the time. – Lessons from My Father It’s easy to notice. It’s easy to compare what you have or don’t have with others. Afterall,…

Lessons From My Father

September 18, 2022

“It doesn’t matter how much money you make, how high you rise in rank in the world. You do what you love, and do it for the sake of loving someone else. There is nothing more beautiful, nothing more precious.…

Think Well, Be Well

September 16, 2022

“Thinking makes it so.” ~ Hamlet via Shakespeare Thinking makes it so. I can’t agree more. Whether it be positive or negative in its impact, what you think about, and how you think about it will have an effect on…

Deception for Protection?

September 14, 2022

Probably the most common form of deception is lying to “protect someone else”. Maybe you don’t see it as lying because you are just “not telling them”. It shows up because you “don’t want them to worry about it.” If…

Why is it important to play music?

March 27, 2016

Walter Blanding and I spent a week together on tour visiting 100’s of students across the Pacific Northwest. I managed to grab this gem of a talk answering the question, “why is it important to play music?” Click here to…

This is what it’s all about…

March 12, 2015

Some people just don’t get why it’s a big deal… On the eve of the fourth annual Jazz Walk I am reflecting on two conversations that I just had with two patrons of Boxleys while at Pioneer Coffee – the…

Danny in Tech News: Geekwire.com

February 26, 2015

Cloudward launches Cloud Snippets to ease website customization Original article available here: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/cloudward-launches-cloud-snippets-to-ease-website-customization/ BY BLAIR HANLEY FRANK on February 26, 2015 at 9:13 am 1 Comment Share 87 Tweet 30 Share 11 Reddit Pin People who want to extend the functionality of their website have a…