The Good Father

I don't need to be a billionaire.
I don't need to be a millionaire.
I don't need a shitload of money.
I don't need fast cars and electronic gadgets.

I want and need to be a good father to my daughter. But how do I do that? How is being a good father measured? In school, we take tests and get grades; that is how we are measured in terms of performance in the classroom. At work, we have yearly work reviews with our managers and they measure our performance based on some criteria. If you run a mile, you can measure how long it took you to run the mile. But how is being a "good" father measured? I don't know but everyday I try to be the best father that I can be. Will my "best" be good enough? Who will grade my performance as a father? I don't know...

Tribute to the Old Spice Commercial featuring Bruce Campbell

If you have it, you don’t need it
If you need it, you don’t have it
If you have it, u need more of it
If you have more of it, you don’t need less of it
You need it to get it
And you certainly need it to get more of it
But if you don’t already have any of it to begin with
You can't get any of it to get started which means
You really have no idea how to get it in the first place, do you?
You can share it, sure
You can even stock pile it if you’d like
But you can’t fake it
Wanting it, needing it, wishing for it
The point is if you’ve never had any of it, ever, people just seem to know


The beautiful poetry above comes from an Old Spice commercial featuring Bruce Campbell. One of my favorite commercials of all time.

Changing Habits Because of Necessity

I've always believed that you can only change your habits because of need. Let me explain to you why.

I have recently started to recycle all my trash at home. Do I really care about the environment? Not really. I'm going to be dead in 50 to 60 years anyways. Why bother?

But people ask me, "What about your kids? You should care because they will still be alive in 5o to 60 years."

My answer to that question is "Let their generation worry about it." Does this seem selfish? Maybe and maybe not; but it's the damn honest truth.

I currently pay something like twenty-two bucks a month for my garbage collection. This is for a 32 gallon trash can. If I want a 64 gallon trash can, the price is double, like $44 per month. So I just stick with the 32 gallon because it's cheaper. But, the city of San Jose gives me a 96 gallon trash can for recyclable items for FREE. Since my trash bin is not big enough for all of my trash, I find a compelling need to recycle all my recyclable items. This in turn allows me enough room for all of my trash. So now I am an avid recycler. But, I have become a recycler not because I give a shit about the environment but because I have a small trash can.