Abundant Life MTM (Part 1) 2 Feb 2017 My heart flooded with nostalgia when I read about Mary Tyler Moore's passing last week. Her eponymously named TV show ended the year I began, putting every episode I watched…
Best Practices… Sample Prep 1 Feb 2017 Shale Sampling: Coring, Transport, Finishing It is difficult to overstate the importance of studying cores in the context of petroleum engineering. Cores are critical for quickly learning the key components…
Abundant Life… Moscow, Russia (Part 1) 19 Jan 2017 My trip to Moscow started last spring when I submitted my abstract to the SPE Russian Oil and Gas Conference for acceptance. It is possible that my trip started earlier…
Abundant Life… Winter Hiking 31 Dec 201631 Dec 2016 On or about December 30, I remember my annual resolution to go on more hikes. To get a running start on my New Year's resolutions, I start lining them up…
Abundant Life ex nihilo 24 Dec 2016 Ex nihilo - out of nothing. I first heard this phrase in my Biblical Ecology course in Divinity School. One moment it meant nothing, the next everything. Christmas is coming.…
Best Practices… Green Refinery 9 Dec 20169 Dec 2016 Saturday morning started bright, clear and cold. This year's Competitive Entrepreneurial Opportunity (CEO program) marked a departure from my usual solo act: one of the Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) strongly…
Abundant Life On Gender Studies 5 Dec 20166 Dec 2016 Warning: graphic material follows. In Divinity school, a typical weekly assignment would be reading several texts (both ancient and modern) and writing up a two page perspective on how the…
Best Practices Thankful for Benjamin Franklin 26 Nov 2016 Thanksgiving Day, a day of elated celebration for most of my life, this year slumped in on itself. Historically, I could, and would, give thanks for my health, employment, family,…
Abundant Life… Ridiculous 22 Nov 201622 Nov 2016 Every writer, entrepreneur and creative type I read about has one unexpected commonality: gut-leadening fear of putting "it" out there. Occasionally, the compulsion to put forth one's work is so…
Grad School How To Business Cards – Grad Edition 17 Nov 2016 If you are in graduate school, you need business cards. Nowadays, recruiters from large companies can no longer accept resumes at career fairs because acceptance of a resume could convey…