A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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The Mac is Bac!
You may remember the story of our iMac being stolen from our office by a homeless guy I was helping. The interesting part of that story is that all Apple products have gps…
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Wait! What? You already met the goal???
Am I reading that right? Did you guys already, like in one day, meet the goal for the “No Feet Left Behind” campaign? I came in this morning thinking about how I was going…
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Somebody is going to get a shit ton of socks out of this mayoral race
I just heard Rocky tell her friend Holly that on the phone. I’ve been told by several homeless people that they always need socks. Homeless people are constantly walking. Their socks wear out,…
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Intermission – The end of season 1
I bet most baseball players feel embarrassed striking out. “I should’ve let that ball go. “ “I could’ve focused more.” “I would’ve hit it if I didn’t have a headache.” Should’ve. Would’ve. Could’ve. …
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Day 106: I’m Out and I’m Sorry – On The Road To Mayor
The verdict was decided today by the Summit County Board of Elections: Not enough of my 1086 signatures were deemed valid. Most of the reasons were either because they: Weren’t registered. Not the correct…
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Day 104 – Perpetual Not Knowing – On The Road To Mayor
Fortunately, the next chapter of this journey is near. This Wednesday, September 23, at 10am the Board of Elections will determine if any of the Independent Candidates will make it onto the November 3…
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Day 100 – Guess who’s a Gigabit city. It’s not Akron. – On the road to mayor
The awesome news that Hudson is now going to officially be a Gigabit city came over yesterday: Hudson starts up high-speed gigabit internet service – Your Business – Ohio Hudsons city owned and operated Velocity…
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Day 99: This is how change starts. – On the road to mayor
I missed a call and text last night about 10:15. When I woke up this morning I was able to put the whole story together through text, Facebook and some Facebook messages. A homeless…
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Day 98 – Second Class Citizens – On The Road To Mayor
I think one of the most difficult human abilities to develop is empathy. Being able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is incredibly difficult. Maybe impossible, really. If you aren’t experiencing something it’s…
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Day 96: Why there are so few great people. On The Road To Mayor
Do you remember the post (day 32) where I listed a few people who I thought would be cool to run for mayor? As you can imagine, there was no resounding thrill from…
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Day 95: But he stole your iMac! On the road to mayor.
That picture pretty much says it all. That’s my newest friend walking out the front door of my office in the middle of the night this past Thursday with the iMac in my…
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Day 94 – Dan Horrigan Already Outsourcing Akron Jobs – On The Road To Mayor
You can learn so much by looking at a candidate’s campaign finance reports. And what’s cool is they are all public record. As a candidate that gets or spends over a $1000 you have…