"THEDADREGIME"

Seth Godin says there’s no such thing as writer’s block. So far, I believe him. I have no shortage of things to write. I do have a shortage of time, a shortage of energy, and today, I have a shortage of courage to write something meaningful. Do I want to put these ideas out there? Do I want people to know this? Will the wrong person read it? What if people disagree? Is this even any good? Issac Asimov is credited with some 500 books. He’s not remembered for the ones people di

I don’t drink as much coffee as people might think. One or two a day, sometimes less. But, I do love coffee. I love that it takes practice and care to make a great coffee, regardless of how much the machine costs. I love the mental break that a walk to the café provides in the middle of the day. I love that the local café knows my order - even before I order. I love that shouting you a coffee is still a meaningful act of generosity. #coffee #writeeveryday

Not too long ago we opened Spotify Family Subscription. I’d planned to use it to find all this new music and get back into the music scene. Instead, I’ve spent most of the time downloading all my old favourite albums. Barely a new track in sight! One of these old favourites is Paul Simon’s Graceland. The 25th anniversary edition contains some remixed tracks and a conversation with Paul Simon who discusses how the title track was created. We often think of the artist working o

I grew up loving martial arts movies. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Sammo Hung and Steven Seagal being some of my childhood heroes. Perhaps in the pre-social media era it was easier, but the legends of these guys were enormous. Yes, Chuck Norris has become a meme, but the stories of Bruce Lee’s exploit are, to this day, amazing and and still hard to verify or disprove. They were all larger than life, superhuman, and sometimes seemed supernatural. I remember as a sligh

I had an awesome idea for a post! And then it all went wrong … In Shelter From The Storm, Dylan sings: ‘Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When reckless was a virtue, the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form Come in, she said I’ll give ya shelter from the storm I’ve never really identified with this song; this is not a life I’ve lived. One line has always stuck with me, though – when reckless was a virtue. Has reckless ever

Why am I about to attempt to write everyday? Doing something for the sake of doing it is not something we do much as adults. When we’re kids we do things, just for the sake of it, constantly – it’s how we fill our days. We used to passionately build things with Lego, practice our sport, choreograph a dance, memorise song lyrics. As adults we do things for our careers, our responsibilities, our families – but rarely, just for the sake of it. But we did our best learning when w