Minister Of Mocha

I never write these things until I write them. What I mean by that is that I try not to think about the blog until I’m writing it. I don’t have a file of “good blog topics” on my computer. I want it to be whatever occurs to me at the moment. Thursday I had…

I was blessed this weekend to get to be among those who saw Elton John at Dodger Stadium. It was a magical night, made all the better by the gifts that got us there. The tickets were a gift from a friend. Our dinner that evening was also provided through gift cards by the same…

I received an email today to let me know that our classes at the prison will be put on hold for two weeks. “Modified Programming” is the official term, but basically it means that we won’t be back inside the prison until after Thanksgiving. As is frequently the case with governmental agencies, we are not…

Tomorrow is Election Day. We get to go to the polls and make some choices. Maybe you’ve already sent in your ballot. Maybe you’ll take that mail in ballot directly to the polls. Maybe you’ll skip the whole thing and not even vote. Some people will trust the process and some won’t. Some people will…

It’s Halloween morning. I’m sure lots of you are excited for costumes and candy tonight. If you’re anything like me you might not even know what you will be yet! I’ll find out when my daughter gives me a costume later on tonight. That’s the Halloween side of things. It’s the “trick”. Trying to put…

Back in the nineties there was a movie made that followed a $20 bill around. It began When a gust of wind took it from a man who had just visited the ATM. You can already see the age on the movie in that a person went to the ATM and only got $20! The…

No, not the Microsoft thing, I don’t want to get into that right now. I’m thinking about how we view the world. I’m spending the day with my mother today. She has an appointment with a doctor out of town so I am her Uber driver. We had to drive several hours, so I planned…

I had another big sporting weekend. I had teams playing in different sports and with different expectations. My wife often reminds me that everyone isn’t as into sports as I am, but bear with me, I’ll try to make this quick. Last year my English football team, Arsenal, started the season out at the bottom…

Over the past several years we have been moving into a “smart home” situation at our house. I began putting in smart speakers which then asked for smart outlets, smart lights, and the like. Walking around our house typically involves someone say “Alexa, turn on…” or “Echo turn off…”. I’m sure I’m not the only…

I spent a day with my mother yesterday. We had tickets to see a play (a “modern” revival of Oklahoma!, but that’s a whole different story…) in LA. Since my wife is still visiting her family in Tennessee I took my mother, figuring she’d enjoy an old classic Rogers & Hammerstein show. The prospect of…