Bill Barkeley – Climbing Kilimanjaro

In the July issue of Outside magazine is an article "A Long Way for a Short Film" on film making and mountain climbing. Thayer Walker writes that "Bill Barkeley is a 46 year old father of 3 with Usher syndrome, a condition that has left him legally deaf and blind. Bill considers climbing … [Read more...]

Book – My Stroke of Insight – Jill Bolte Taylor

You have probably heard about Jill Bolte Taylor who was a neuroscientist working at Harvard's brain research center. Dr. Taylor experienced Nirvana, by having a stroke. This stroke happened Dec 10th 1996, when she was 37. You will find the video of Dr. Taylor explaining the entire experience on … [Read more...]

Randy Pausch Update – A Perfect Day

May 18th, 2008: A perfect day! Everyone should have a day this perfect in their lives. Carnegie Mellon flew Jai and me up to Pittsburgh to attend graduation. I had the honor of giving the charge to the graduates at the end of the ceremony. Even the weather cooperated to make it a perfect … [Read more...]

Courage Defined by Debra Oakland

Today I was thinking about Courage. Huge subject, but this is what came to me while mulling it over. Courage is the will to act upon the strength and power within the Heart. Courage is not something you can have, it is something you become. To live a courageous life takes place in a person when … [Read more...]

Randy Pauch Post and Update

May 13th, 2008: Strength slowly returning I'm sorry I haven't posted much recently; there just hasn't been too much notable going on. Mostly, I'm resting and rebuilding strength. Today has been my best day in a while; I took at 2 hour nap in the afternoon, but other that that have been up and … [Read more...]