Posts by James Newcomb
When nature calls, it doesn’t use voicemail
When I was a younger man than I am now, I had as sturdy a bladder as the next guy. Now that I’ve grown a bit older, it’s not quite the strength and fortitude that I once had to hold it in. Road trips these days can be a bit interesting. For example, I drove…
Read MoreThe root cause of writer’s block
I’m having a really hard time thinking what to write at the moment. How many times have you been down that road? I have found that writers block often comes from getting started. There have been times where I have a thought in my head that is more or less the meat and potatoes of…
Read MoreIgnore this sign at your own peril
Here’s an interesting story for you. When I first moved to Virginia Beach in August 2018, I lived in apartment building that’s right on the ocean front of Virginia Beach. Across the street from the apartment building were a couple of churches. Now it’s interesting how when you are recently separated from your spouse, you’re…
Read MoreWhy I quit following “The Script”
You know how it goes. Someone has a beef with you at your workplace, either in person or remote, it doesn’t matter. They’re upset because they don’t like the way you look at them, the way you spoke to them, and everyone in the room is in agreement that you violated the protocol of the…
Read MoreBumper sticker virtue
17 years ago, I worked for an organization called the John Birch society. The Birch Society is among the more polarizing political organizations in the history of the United States, although at the time that I worked for them in 2005, they were not nearly the potent force they were in the 60s and 70s.…
Read MoreLoser Decisions
A couple of years ago, I was at a bit of a crossroads as to how I was going to do my business activities. At the time I had a pretty good gig editing and producing a podcast hosted by Ben Greenfield, name in the realm of health, fitness, spirituality, biohacking, etc. Truth be told…
Read MoreThe Unbelievable Story of How James and Sana Met
James and Sana met in March 2019 after James left his email address on a scrap of paper in the beak of a courier pigeon, which somehow ended up as a stowaway on a cargo ship headed for China. The note w/ James’ email address got caught up in a windstorm at the port in…
Read MoreThink on less things
This morning I got an email that is the type of email that I don’t enjoy receiving. The client had a complaint about their episode that went live this morning. It is an issue that has happened in the past, and it happened again today. That’s never fun when you strive for things to go…
Read MoreWelcome the nerves…
oday I released a new episode of my trumpet dynamics show. And although it’s a new episode, it’s a republishing of an interview that I did five years ago. It features a terrific trumpet player named Phil Snedecor, who is a professor at the Hartt School in Hartford Connecticut. In our conversation, Phil shared a…
Read More20-25 March
-Sunday 20 March: Outside yard maintenance and cleanup BGL episode with Angelo Keely One hour trumpet practice -Monday 21 March: TREIA episodes (2) Superhumanize episode w/ Dr. Stephen Cabral – prelim editing and prep for show notes -Tuesday 22 March: Prep BGL episodes for week of 28 March (Robin Shirley and Tim Gray) -Wednesday 23…
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