Wednesday Wanderings

I did something yesterday I never, ever thought I would do. I listed “political unrest” as a risk to a project’s go-live.  When you are going live in countries where an election can create several weeks of political unrest, thereby disrupting business and the economy, well, it is indeed a risk.  I do applaud the…

Being Sent a Boat

I recall a story a Christian friend of mine once told me.  It was about a minister, who in the middle of a severe flood decides he needs to go back and save his congregation that was stranded.  When people objected he said “God will take care of me.”  So off he went, swimming against…

Finding the Light

I’m feeling mushy. Squishy too, but that’s a different problem, if you will. When a combination of stress, lack of sleep and allergies come together, I fly high on the adrenaline, then I crash.  I feel down. I feel low.  I feel sensitive. I feel mushy – or more like overly emotional in certain areas….

What a week!

What a fucking week!! The Boston Marathon bombing. The explosion in West, Texas. The shootout overnight in Boston between the suspects & police. Ricin laced letters being sent to government officials. Flooding in the Midwest. And don’t forget the snow they are still being hit with. Maybe hell is freezing over. While our thoughts and…

Yawwwwwn!

G has always joked that when I am not sleeping all night over the course of several days, a little anal sex would fix that.  His theory was proven once – after a romp with some anal left me tired and sleeping well throughout the night.   So when I sleep poorly after some anal…

Delayed

Everyone has been talking this week about con-crash.  The inevitable effect of too much time immersed in the community then being tossed back in the real world. I didn’t have it. I was hurting too much. I didn’t care about anything but fixing shit.  Learning from shit.  And trying to figure out how to function…

Rambling on…

My cats hate me – or love me – depending on your viewpoint, I guess.  At 4am, the Siamese comes onto the bed and proceeds to wake me up.  Between the meowing and the cold nose on the eyelids, there was no preventing it.  Then my calico decided to get in on the action.  She…

Psst….Rumor Has It…..

“So, I don’t know how to bring this up but, I heard that……” “Well, I’m just concerned because, I saw…..” At least, once a week, I get a concerned person coming to me to express concern about something happening in one of my relationships.  Each time they don’t tell me something I didn’t already know….

Fail Big!

“What did you screw up big time this past year?” This was the standard question that my mentor used to ask – a longtime CIO who was also a great business leader.   “And I want something big.” If you said “nothing” he would mark you down.  Why? It means you didn’t take enough risk….

Coming Down

I soar when I play. As I am flogged or caned or worked over with hands or paddles, I take flight.  I wiggle. I giggle. I laugh. I moan. I don’t get internal.  I don’t do subspace. I do space.  I launch with a feeling that is explosive and leaves me floaty and glassy eyed….