...that if the world were taken over by zombies I’d like to think I’d be like Rick from The Walking Dead but I’d probably be like Bob from The Last of Us. I would have to learn how to set booby traps and slaughter a lamb, though.

...that your possession of a smartphone camera does not qualify you to call yourself an independent journalist any more than my possession of a scalpel qualifies me to call myself an independent surgeon.

...that sometimes, in lieu of a To-Do list which is based on accomplishing things within the day, a To-Don’t list might be as helpful in avoiding the things that defeat us in small but significant ways.

...that people who excel at sales are the worst managers on record. The focus on making that commission via manipulation is such a self interested pursuit that putting them in charge of an office of people they don’t have to care about is a recipe for Muddville.

...that sometimes a hurdle is there to remind you to avoid the mistakes of the past rather than a thing to overcome. Not all mountains are meant to be scaled. Just ask the guy from 127 Hours.

BONUS:
…that going to see REO Speedwagon get up onstage and rock an arena at 70+ years old makes me a dipshit for whining about my age.