My Jiu Jitsu Journey
Last weekend, we had to put our cat Seymour to sleep after a long battle with chronic kidney disease. He was just a few days shy of 10 years old. He was a significant part of our lives and daily routine, both of which were disrupted greatly. The feeling of helplessness was so frustrating. All … Continue reading Dealing With Grief
The average age of a bicyclist during RAGBRAI (the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is somewhere between 40 and 50. It doesn't take a mathematical or statistical savvy individual to deduce that there are a surprising amount of older individuals on RAGBRAI. On a few of these expeditions, I remember noting how some … Continue reading The Unfairness of Aging
A few months after the pandemic hit America I began to see many jokes and memes and feel a general sentiment from friends and family about how much 2020 sucked. While indulging friends while they did this, I never really got on board. With a shoulder surgery in January to fix a shoulder that continued … Continue reading Gratefulness for 2020
On Thursday last week, I was moving a very heavy deep freezer which had been converted into a kegerator out of my house. It slipped from my left hand, and in the split second that followed, my life has changed quite a bit. In that split second, I lifted my left leg quickly in an … Continue reading Amor Fati
Last night at dinner with friends, Jungian Archetypes was brought up. Coincidentally, the four of us were in the four quadrants and even more so, we were sitting at the table to perfectly fit the diagram below. As on conorneill.com It turns out that I am a sage, while my wife is a ruler. Sitting … Continue reading The Sage
The Shaw Show 