Category Archives: Thoughts
Books, books, books
We love books. Our whole house does. Pepper devours novels. Jordan likes to read for pleasure but also collects books about ancient weaponry and mythological monsters. I like guide books, how-to guides, coffee table books… We definitely prefer the physical books. We seem to collect them. I know I have boxes of them in Alaska …
Who am I?
Two friends of mine met back in December. Mike, a good friend from middle through high school and Jay, a good friend from Mongolia. They met in Korea during a long Layover Mike had on his trip here. Hearing them talk about their meeting and discussing the few things they had in common – Korea …
Why I coach
The truth is, coaching sucks. Much of the time… It means much longer hours than most peers. You might drag yourself to a practice more than an hour before most of your peers were even in the building and end up having two players show up. You often have to deal with athletes with low commitment …
Happy birthday, Dad!
Today is my dad’s birthday. I have been reflecting a lot on the impact my family has had on my upbringing, my perspectives on life, my morals and everything that shaped my adulthood. At an early age, certainly too early for me to appreciate it, he instilled an appreciation for the natural world. Lying on …
Happy Mother’s Day
My mom is the best. Sure, for Mother’s day I could have ordered her a t-shirt or mug that says “World’s best mom!” But it is time I stopped acting 10. (Well, except for when I’m playing with Jordan.) No, this year I’ll write about what a great mom I have. I remember in 1986 …
Gay scout leaders
I wrote the comments below when I signed the petition to urge the Boy Scouts to end their policy of discrimination against gay people. For a decade I have been anticipating the scouts to change their policies. Some friends that are gay that have asked me how I could have been involved in an organization …
I’m learning the metric system – again
This has sort of been like learning a new language. I think I started learning the vocabulary 30 years ago. Then in high school and college I jumped to becoming intimate in the technical details of the language. And now I am becoming conversational. An unorthodox approach perhaps but I am starting to feel bilingual. …
Calling it a weekend
You know what confuses me? When I look at a calendar that has Mondays in the first column instead of Sundays. I’m just so used to having Sunday there and Saturday on the other side so the weekdays are sandwiched right between two cozy weekend days. But I just realized I shouldn’t like it. What …
Pepper and Jordan are moved in
I’m a bit behind on blog entries. So a few posts may be scattered around a bit… On Labor Day the whole house was sleeping in a little when we woke to a phone call. It was Alaska Marine Lines informing me we had 2,600 pounds of freight to pick up. The shipment from Pepper’s …
Tracking your Amazon feedback with an RSS feed
Amazon does not make it easy to keep on top of the feedback left for sellers. I have wanted an RSS feed to keep me up to date with my number of feedback ratings and my overall score and I finally sat down and figured out how to grab that information. 1. Set up an …
![[Valid RSS]](http://www.zieak.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/valid-rss-rogers.png "Validate my RSS feed")
Recent comments