Category Misc.

Bizarre Weather Year

Thursday was a record high temperature at 74 degrees in Bend Oregon on February 10. It is normally a high of 30-40 degrees for the high temperature. We have had geese migrating back north, honeybees out, trees blooming, and even…

Farewell To Dr. Richard Leakey

The world lost a tough impactful warrior this a week, Dr. Richard Leakey. Without Richard Leakey who was a world renowned paleontologist turned conservationist, there may not have have been a science rich research work, or perhaps a single living…

Happy 2022

Happy New Year, everyone! I had a nice two-week annual holiday break and spent time with friends and doing several outdoor adventures. I have family visiting (hopefully depending on airline flights) later this week including my two sons, mother, and…

Happy Holidays!

It is that time of the year wear most Autodesk employees take their holiday week of rest and the holiday break. We will be back around the week of January 3rd , 2022. During this time we spend time with…

Tough Past Week of Loss for Me

I lost an amazing friend, former romantic partner, and someone that cared about changing the world. The world was a better place with her in it. I can’t make sense of it all, and hurting so deeply. Brenna was a…

Autodesk Company Day of Rest

Today is a company day off at Autodesk. Autodesk recognizes that employees can feel burned out dealing with the past 18 months juggling life, family, and work. They have been providing employees some days to recharge and refresh, or just…

Bizarre Day

One of those bizarre days, unusually hot weather, wildfire smoke filled skies, and I just joined a Zoom meeting – and found I was already in there. Is this a Black Mirror episode? Did I cross some sort of time…