This strikes very close to home for me – about 4 years ago I passed on a job at the 11th hour, after signing the offer letter, after giving notice at my old job. In hindsight it was a very poor financial move, but life isn’t all about money.
I might expand upon what happened in the future, but you could have easily substituted my name for Jesse’s in this blog post:
(Via Rands In Repose.)
Created a really cool video to raise awareness about breast cancer (I get misty eyed seeing the different spots we’ve been in during the video):
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
Worth the read, some choice quotes:
“I will never forget standing outside the chemo treatment room knowing that the medication needed to save my life was only a few feet away, but that because I had private insurance it wasn’t available to me,” Linda wrote. “I read a comment from someone saying that they didn’t want a faceless government bureaucrat deciding if they would or would not get treatment. Well, a faceless bureaucrat from my private insurance made the decision that I wouldn’t get treatment and that I wasn’t worth saving.”
Likewise, Americans take 10 percent fewer drugs than citizens in other countries — but pay 118 percent more per pill that they do take, McKinsey said.
Remind me again why people don’t want to change American health care?
Testing my new Canon S90. I’m going off of the “the best camera is the one you have with you” – so I chose this one, good sensor and pocketable.
This September I will be returning to Canada to participate in a walk on the 12th to raise funds for Parkinson’s research. My family in Canada (pictured above) have been doing it for years now, to support my father, who has had Parkinson’s for over 10 years now.
Click on this link: http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=2308262 to go to the donation page and click on the Sponsor me button at the bottom of the page.
If you live in the US, yes you still can donate funds – they will be in Canadian dollars, and you will get a tax receipt emailed to you.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Great quote on my cousin Evan’s wall on Facebook – its very true:
“You can avoid reality but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality!”
I’ve asked him who said it – I’m presuming it wasn’t him. If it was, I have even more respect for the young man.
My friend Buzz Anderson’s Twitter application Birdfeed was released this afternoon by Apple.
I’ve had the great fortune of being able to help test this the past few months, and even with all the other great iPhone Twitter clients out there, I keep going back to using his.
Best Twitter so far on Birdfeed?
@erikprice: Birdfeed is, without question, the Helen Hunt’s rain-soaked breasts of iPhone Twitter clients.
If you complain about the price of $4.99 – just think, it’s about the price of a good loaf of bread – and I guarantee you’ll be supported for a long time on that $4.99.
Del Oro theater in downtown Grass Valley, originally uploaded by Lucien W. Dupont.
Pretty good picture for the iPhone.
I mentioned a few posts ago that I’ve been busy. With what you ask?
• Being a father to a wonder 10 month old daughter.
• Exploring iPhone development
Yes, that can take up a ton of time.. well, all my free time. 
