Two Things

An Idea:

It’s vulnerability I feel in a plane, not fear.  It heightens my state and so “Bridesmaids” is funnier and good song lyrics seep right into my bones.  I’m not religious but with a song like  “Closer to Heaven” I can be transported to an Eden beyond the five senses (without the vodka).  During one of  these “Up In The Air” moments, after our first son was born, I wrote him a letter and the habit stuck.  The Airplane Letters, now for he and his brother, are intended to be read retrospectively when they are collegeish.  I share what is happening in their lives and in mine. It’s a selfish act, creating this seed of immortality, but a pleasurable one.

Vulnerability/Extreme Edition:

3,000 people have climbed Mt. Everest.  500 astronauts have traveled into space and 50 humans have sailed solo, non-stop around the world.  Rich Wilson did this as the oldest overall and only American entry in the 2008 Vendee Globe yacht race.  In his podcasts, I marveled as he used “we” instead of “I” to describe his activity.   When asked about it, he said, “Well we had so much support ashore it never really felt like I was alone out there.”

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More/Connect with Rich:

• Rich’s book
• Rich’s Linked-in
• Pre-Race Video Interview

“Too much information running through my brain, too much information driving me insane.” Sting wrote that in 1981. Bill Gates had just bought DOS from Seattle Computer Products and WordPerfect 1.0 hadn’t launched yet.

How could Sting possibly think there was too much information? And yet, thirty years from now they will refer quaintly to the amount of information WE feel we have to deal with in 2012.

Into this sea of information, I am going to blog. I’m going to keep it short. Two parts in each post. First an idea, thought, recommendation or story.

Second, I’m going to tell you about a friend or a friend of a friend that I think you should know or care about. The idea is that most people are humble and will not tell you how amazing they are. It’s always been fun for me to introduce people and I get great psychic reward from the resulting connections.

The idea is to be of service to you, meet new people and learn a few mad skills along the way.

Two things, in two hundred words which should take you a minute to read. I hope you will enjoy it and pass it along to friends!

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