Do Life Right

In honor of the 4th of July yesterday, I’m feeling a bit patriotic. Historically, the United States of America is a country which has produced a great number of amazing inventors and they, in turn, have produced some amazing inventions! I am proud to stand amongst so many brilliant minds (and we certainly […]

For the past 2.5 years I, with the help of a really great team, have been working on our software company, ZenActOS, Inc. We’ve been seriously pursuing our first round of funding (as the experts correctly told us to say) for over a year. While we are still raising our first round of […]

Since starting our Unschooling journey, I’ve often been the most surprised at how much my children’s educations have affected my own personal growth (by philosophy as well as actual day-to-day learning/living). I can quantitatively say that nothing has transformed me more, not even my journey to veganism (which happened because of our unschooling).
Exploring all […]

Too many people today want to get a college degree (or even a high school diploma) in order to have that piece of paper. They’ve thought very little about actually receiving knowledge from the experience. They just need the paper for their resume.
Information and knowledge can be found anywhere; it isn’t monopolized in […]

I keep meeting people that smile politely at my ideas and feign interest, yet when push comes to shove they do nothing to change their ways to be more similar to mine. Nor do they do anything to help me and my causes.
Makes me wonder about the art of persuasion.
Just how does a person […]

It’s exciting to see how fast your kids learn and grow. I’m not too worried about them, particularly the ones who like to break rules and don’t follow instructions, those are the ones that will do just fine because they know what’s important to them. –Michael Dell

We are super lucky today; scientific studies aren’t […]

Who are the important people? What skills and jobs make the world go round?
It seems like the people I meet and talk with have strong feelings on this topic. Some believe those with the brains, the “geeky” ones, are the only people that matter. Others believe the physical workers are the only […]

Recently, my 11 year old daughter had a lovely conversation with an approximately 50 year old mineral specialist at the world famous Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson, AZ. The man was very impressed with my daughter’s knowledge of various minerals and wondered if she wanted to be a geologist when she […]

Nothing I produce is “open source”. I believe that everyone should get credit for their creations. That includes artists, writers, programmers, and musicians (just to name a few). If a work of art is appreciated by a great number of people, then the credit to the creator needs to be given in […]

There’s nothing inherently wrong with having money. As a nation (the United States), we all want money, but we have a strange duality about money and wealth. We want it, but we resent the people that have it. We look at them as somehow immoral and disreputable, especially when they aren’t constantly […]