Author Archives: Dan Keller

I am certain that if I hear “unprecedented times” again I am going to slap someone. Yes, things are crazy, but this is not new to our species. The sad truth is we have intentionally complicated our lives so that we cannot stand being immobile, quiet, or restricted in any way. Some people could notContinue reading “It is okay to not be…sort of”

We have seen this before. We have smelled the rot and known something was amiss. Yet no matter how we toil and struggle with this The thought of admission we abhor. Tell me of simpler times when it made more sense. I will tell you of fairy tales told the masses. Yet when time comesContinue reading “Frageeley”

Our country feels a lot smaller to me lately. It feels like events that should be more distant in some ways are all connected. The resistance of some to the removal of monuments to racists or genocidal monsters confuses me. Some act as if these men were angelic or revered when really the statues wereContinue reading “Squish and Stupid Relics”

What a strange year it has been. Covid was just part of the denouement. Whole unions hung in the balance. I find myself on the other side of the country working for a conglomerate with less experience than I and offered a true chance to make a difference. Sometimes it is dangerous to reflect. I’veContinue reading “We Have Landed”

Sometimes strength is fleeting even for the strongest. This COVID-19 crisis has shown us that repeatedly. It’s a scary prospect to face our own mortality. It’s even worse to face it in light of so much pain and death. The death and suffering is everywhere. What’s worse is we’re surrounded by buffoons who not onlyContinue reading “The Drift – Strength and Crumble”

I was working in a database today and I hit “save” one too many times. This popped up: Take your pick. Does it mean house? Wigwam? Shell? Li(f)e as you know it? Job? Hobby? Assign to it what meaning you will. The first pop-up from this gem was a few months ago. Do you subscribeContinue reading “Saving”

The Good “We accept the love we think we deserve.” -Stephen Chbosky “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller “To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” -Bill Wilson “YouContinue reading “Love: I Think?”

2019 has been a tumultuous year. On the good side I got to visit Europe for the first time, trace some ancestry, and graduated with my MBA. On the bad side my mother passed away and my home life has changed in many ways I didn’t anticipate or that I can say I wanted. OurContinue reading “2019 and Now What”

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama Crazy how that one just hits ya, isn’t it? It seems more adult when Barack says it. Change is always coming. It canContinue reading “Change. And Yes It Is Coming”