By Scott Westerman The big, scary question that confronts anybody who’s lost a job is: What do I do now? If you’ve been paying any attention to the economic news, you’ve probably already developed a Plan-B. How do I live more frugally? How big is my rainy day fund? What’s…
By Scott Westerman One of my favorite exchanges in The Big Lebowski is where Walter comments on Donnie’s strike with the statement “If you will it, it is no dream.” The interaction spirals out of control from there but Theodor Herzl’s quotation is never far from my mind whenever I’m…
Albuquerque, New Mexico at the moment Barack Obama became President of the United States. Brandon at work at the Television station, holding a dictionary open to the definition of the word “change”. The Moment at Blue Cross – Blue Shield of Florida’s Jacksonville, Florida office, witnessed by Shelby and Stephanie.
By Scott Westerman 5PM, December 11, 2008 – Eastbound on 550, 39 miles West of Albuquerque. The thin ribbon winds its way Southeast from Farmington. Its a day when I’ve spent more time on the road than in the meetings that took me to that far corner of New Mexico.…
Wisdom from Grandpa Westerman. More at LifeIsComic.com
By Colleen Aldrich Westerman As some of you know, we recently learned that my sweet mom had liver cancer, a metastasis of the breast cancer she beat several years ago. Her time to battle was a short one, only about 2 months. She passed away around 1am on November 22…
Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. – Wu Li
From a post on May 31, 2004. Apripos for this season of elections, economic uncertainty and change. “For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together…
By Scott Westerman With Colleen traveling and a rare rainstorm inundating Albuquerque, I’ve been cleaning up my home office. I found a piece I wrote in 1989, about my un-spectacular start in radio. Looking back at it from almost 20 years later, the writing isn’t as good as I’d like,…
By Scott Westerman Those of us who have been geeking for many years have built a portfolio of memberships that sometimes become unwieldy. I have six instant messaging accounts: AOL, GoogleTalk, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN and Jabber. Same story on email. Gmail is my primary, but I get stuff through Comcast.net,…