Watch Obsession, Part 2: Get Onto My Wrist Yes, I worked a reference to a 1681 poem by Andrew Marvell into my title. So you can bet this post is going to get full-on aspirational before you can whisper, reverently, "Rolex." So let's dial it back a few notches and talk about the first watch... Continue Reading →
Time for an Obsession – Collecting Watches
Watch Me Now: Developing an Appreciation for Timepieces Blame it all on me forgetting to bring my Fitbit charger to China. During a week's business trip to Beijing earlier this year, by day three the well-worn wrist computer had gone dark and I spent the next few days gazing, expectantly, at the mole at the... Continue Reading →
Digging in to the Dadtritus
Making Sense of the 'Menutiae' in Life's Middle Passage When our division vice president flew into town last Fall, we hosted a team dinner, and as an icebreaker she asked the group to name something they each did well that would be a surprise to everyone else. Now, as my direct boss, she'd known me... Continue Reading →
Unruly Stacks of Undershirts – Is it Just Me?
Dadtritus Alert: Endless Stacks of White Undershirts Once of the nicest compliments -- albeit, a little odd -- I consistently got from discerning females back in college was when, upon encountering me at the tail end of a run, I still, somehow, smelled great. Now, take a whiff today (or, really: don't), and after a... Continue Reading →