Posts by Scott Barstow

What if I am wrong? What if I fail? What if it doesn’t happen? What if no one shows up? What if I lose it all? What if it’s the...

So said Butchie to Omar. I had a situation develop over the last couple of weeks that was one of those times where you have to check in with your...

I was out tonight at a local park for my kid’s tennis lesson in a part of town that is surrounded by lower income housing.  This in and of itself...

I received an email yesterday from a good friend of mine letting me know that a man whom I had helped to raise money for last year had been murdered...

I spent a few days in Mexico last week, more specifically Cozumel.  I am not sure what I was expecting, but it went something along the lines of tropical paradise....

In the last few days, two legends of New York have passed away.  George Steinbrenner, owner of the Yankees for the last 38 years, died suddenly this morning from a...

At the beginning of the World Cup, I submitted a post detailing why I thought we should care about the World Cup.  I extolled the virtues of the world’s game...

For most of us, there are few decisions bigger in life than selecting who we marry.  I remember reading once that the best way to know if you can live...

Has there been a more hyped athlete in the last 5-10 years than LeBron James?  From his Sports Illustrated covers ( in high school ) to commercials to massive sponsorship...

I think we ascribe too much value to “the great idea”, you know the one that will make us rich and famous and allow us to party like a rock...

A few weeks back we were having all kinds of issues with our internet service here at the house.  We called Time Warner a few times and they eventually got...

It’s Monday July 5th, and I had a great weekend.  Saturday I spent re-insulating the room over my garage ( or should I say insulating it because it was never...

I was on a trip recently and in the in-flight magazine they had an article about an application for mobile phones called Key Ring.  The premise of the application is...

I was involved in a discussion ( OK an argument ) yesterday with a few co-workers about the upcoming release schedule for the software product I work on. There was...

I turned on the World Cup just in time to watch Japan and Paraguay finish their game ( match ) via penalty kicks ( PKs ).  I can’t think of...

I get excited about small things in life.  I have discovered that little changes done consistently over time tend to produce more meaningful change ( at least for me )...

I spent yesterday afternoon stuck in the attic space adjacent to the room over our garage.  It was close to 95 degrees outside, and probably 120 or 130 in the...

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about the return of craftsmanship.  It was my position at the time that we need to think about how to bring people...