Category: journal
Dr. Peter Woo: math, music, missions
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@ journalDr. Peter Woo is a retired math professor and also my father-in-law, the beloved Dad of my dear wife (spouse & partner.) We recently celebrated his 84th birthday with 30-some friends, some who’ve known him for over 40 years! He loved teaching mathematics at Biola University from 1988 to 2005. And, he is not only…
what does it mean that depression is treatable?
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When the experts and advocates say that depression is treatable, it means that effective treatment is available to help most people (70%-90%) to experience relief from the symptoms of depression. They don’t use the phrase of curing depression, because a cure would mean eradicating and getting rid of the illness 100% and never having it…
blogging in 2024, huh, what is it good for?
More than two decades ago, the internet opened up unlimited space for all of us to express our perspectives, thoughts, and voices through blogging. I started in 1999 myself. Since then, social media has opened up more spaces, platforms, and channels for expression in so many other formats, photos, short posts, audios, videos, video shorts,…
Do you know who is the ultimate prompt engineer?
We are fast entering this age of artificial intelligence, with big data feeding into machine learning, and the aggregated data becoming useful for collective computing to anticipate the human tendencies and pattern recognition of common answers to frequently asked questions. It dawned upon me during a recent conversation, that we are moving from flat 2-dimensional…
my first time doing standup comedy
I had a quiet little dream since my teenage years as a comedian wannabe. 40 years later, on October 26, 2022, I found that 20 seconds of courage and stepped up to an open mic in San Juan Capistrano, California, and did my first stsandup comedy gig. Here’s the raw video of how it went…
My moment to rethink leadership
With my personal websites crashing this past weekend, because my shared hosting service lost all my data, I’ve started to rethink why I do what I do online, with much of it being given away freely for going on 20 years. And, it so happens I am going to a church conference called Rethink Leadership…
all my websites’ data was lost by InMotion Hosting
Do you know what you’re getting with your web hosting service? You probably can’t rely on others. Here’s why.
Choosing the Important Things in Your Life
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@ journalWhen life affords you the privilege to think about more than survival, it’s human to explore questions of meaning, purpose, and what’s important
Wisdom for Life Stages, Seasons, and Decades that Many People Go Through
Want to make a difference in the world? How can people find their unique and best contribution? There’s wisdom in undertsanding and knowing the seasons of life that are marked by the decades of our chronological age. I first heard these words of wisdom from Stan Endicott (co-author of Improv Leadership and co-founder of Slingshot…
How to Stop Feeling Guilty All the Time
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Can I make a confession? I’ve felt guilty very often for much of my life. It’s a terrible burden to carry around. Some of it comes from my personality, maybe because I have a sensitive, or over-sensitive, conscience. There’s guilt from both sides of the coin: the guilt of doing something wrong, and even doing…
How to transfer phone number away from Straight Talk
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@ journalThis article explains plain and simple what is required to authenticate the transfer when on the BYOP—bring your own phone—plan on Straight Talk. I have an unlocked iPhone SE, original version. Bottom line: the new provider needs to make a port transfer request with the Straight Talk account number and a security PIN that is…
“What is it that you do exactly?”
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@ journalFebruary 2020 has been a heavy travel month, 3 out of 4 weeks away from home—in Virginia, at Mt. Hermon, San Francisco, San Jose, and Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve got a good website here with a bunch of content, but sometimes people want to have a nice short and sweet summary. There are some people that…
