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Let’s not be so quick to judge

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

I posted this thought essay on my business and project management site a month ago, but really, this seems like

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A constant reminder

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

Two doors down from our building you will find three small bronze plaques on the ground outside the door. They’re

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Reading is amazing

March 3, 2021 Brian Crawford 0 Comments reading

To celebrate a year+ of sheltering at home, hereโ€™s me, my Kindle Paperwhite, and Callumโ€™s (now my) Nyan Cat pillow.

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Universal health care

October 13, 2020October 14, 2020 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

The sun popped out from behind the clouds here on the we(s)t coast long enough for me to walk to

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Pandemic perspective

September 15, 2020September 18, 2020 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

Iโ€˜ve been feeling stressed today due to the uncertainty of what the coming months may bring, concerns about my family,

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Paths to adventure

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Brian Crawford 0 Comments Prague

I don’t know about you, but I love paths like this one. Callum and I encountered it while taking a

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Tidying up

January 8, 2019November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

Unloading the dishwasher and trying to figure out which of the plastic cups spark the most joy.

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Stuck in traffic on I-4

November 16, 2018November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments Florida, I-4, orlando

So of course I took a selfie ๐Ÿš™๐ŸšŒ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿš›๐Ÿš•

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Morning tea

October 5, 2017November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

I’ve recently switched from coffee back to tea. I find the caffeine from tea is not quite as electrifying as

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Frames

October 2, 2017November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

I could spend hours in a craft store making up stories about the people in picture frame stock photos.

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Colorful thoughts

February 13, 2017November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

Everyone went all freaky-nuts when they said Pluto wasn’t a planet, but when they started telling us indigo wasn’t a

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“News” on Facebook

November 1, 2016November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

Lately I’ve noticed a lot of “news” on Facebook that displays a great deal of bias. In one memorable bit

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Stranger Brews

September 3, 2016November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments Strange Brew, Stranger Things

I had to do it.

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The Doors of Durin

September 2, 2016November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

If the Mines of Moria had had better security.

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Mindfulness

March 20, 2016November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

It is amazing all the simple beauty that surrounds us every day that we don’t notice when we aren’t paying

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Montmartre
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Stopping the madness

January 14, 2016March 24, 2021 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion is a fascinating book. In it, psychology professor Dr. Robert Cialdini explains the way people

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It’s a Hallmark Channel Christmas

December 19, 2014November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments Christmas
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More people live in California than in all of Canada

January 18, 2014November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments canada, USA

The other day someone shared a post showing a list of the various states (and overseas territories) of the United

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Cows in Normandy, France
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about cows

December 9, 2012November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments moo

I live in farmland, where I get to learn a lot about cows, if only because they’re my closest neighbors.

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics medals per capita, final tally

March 2, 2010November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments sports

a few days ago while the 2010 Olympics were in progress I posted this tally of how many Olympic medals

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who has the most medals per capita?

February 27, 2010November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments sports

Edit: I’ve updated this list – see the final results for the 2010 Olympics medals per capita. currently, the United

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spread thin

January 24, 2010November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments social networking

this afternoon I created this page on my personal web site, with links to my various profiles online – LinkedIn,

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over there

November 26, 2009November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

at a party last night I met a pretty tough looking guy who, in conversation, mentioned that he had just

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FYI

November 7, 2008November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment waxing philosophical

you can learn a lot about a man by what he will or won’t eat after he’s dropped it on

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I make the call thusly

May 16, 2008November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

pineapple juice is the most refreshing of all juices. there, I said it. I can hardly take it back now.

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life in parts

October 16, 2007November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments

part 1: Chinese food n00b today at lunch while eating Chinese food I squeezed the little plastic tub of sweet

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on great expectations

June 20, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 14 Comments
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yippy skippy

November 6, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments school

what I probably should be doing: Reviewing my Finance and Information Systems notes. what I have been doing all afternoon:

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rar

October 25, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments

a fellow student’s 2 year old daughter had this to say about dinosaurs: “There are two types of dinosaurs. There

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the value of value

May 6, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 11 Comments

it is interesting that some things have tremendous value well beyond their buying price, and other things have negative value

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talk like a pirate day

September 19, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

arrrrrrrr, ye sorry sons of biscuit eaters, I be loaded te the gunwhales on clap o’ thunder, and I don’t

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a rant about STUFF

July 2, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

Peter and I were just now talking about “slimming down” on ICQ – about getting rid of a lot of

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killer ants

June 9, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

went to the library the other week. We were looking for books on three specific topics: Golf, the German language,

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it is almost time

March 23, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

I am thinking that we are at the start of a pivotal time period in the history of religion.

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on the road

November 13, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

to the lady in the Nissan Pathfinder I passed on the way to work… if you were eating your breakfast

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people who rock

November 8, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

you know who really rock are the ladies at work who are “garage walkers”. Every day or so they exercise

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the stealing of sales commissions

September 27, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

it is stuff like this that makes me so angry. What makes me even angrier is how so many people

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well

August 9, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

looks like I made a livejournal. hi!

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