personal perspective

The Family Surgery Waiting Room at Stanford University is a true sample of the population. Surgery doesn't discriminate, nor does it wai...

Late one night in India my friends and I were going through customs at the New Delhi airport when I was pulled aside by a very tall Indian ...

This afternoon I had coffee with a friend and former roommate at Krakatoa Coffee. We caught up on work, love, laughed through a couple memo...

Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived...

It seems that without a website these days, one can't be taken very seriously. In an age of the iPhone, I find myself immediately Googl...

Donny is so missed. I love this video. And this article.

A couple years, while living in Beijing, I had some great friends fly into southern China. I was so excited to see them, it had been a full...

The other day my friends and I met for sushi at Ichiban in Hillcrest. As we updated each other on our summer adventures, my friend Bobby ex...

I read an article today on CNN.com about Laura Ling and Euna Lee being released from a labor camp in North Korea, and I cried. I'm not ...

I feel like I've said the word congratulations more times in the last month than all the other times in my life combined. Graduations, ...

Today I helped my mom sift through old photos, scan them, and then put them on a digital picture frame. I did about 25 pictures to get her ...

A cute dark haired guy kept passing the booth I sit at 8 hours every day. He'd wave or nod or smile.. or a combination of the three, bu...

As I stepped out of the International Arrivals of Heathrow Airport last week, I imagined I heard Hugh Grant's voice in Love Actually smo...

Real photographers scoff when I mention that I use iPhoto. They're appalled that I've never used PhotoShop or Aperture. They roll ...

On Sunday afternoon, I found myself in Orange County, book in hand, laying on a blanket, watching a church soccer game. Nearby a 5 year old...

On a crisp Monday morning at 7am, I rode my bike to the Washington Street bus stop. I put my bike on the rack, and stepped onto a fairly em...

Last night I went to a Christmas party with my roommate. It was hosted at a beautiful home, finger foods were abundant and eggnog was readi...

I'm sitting in a winter wonderland. Eight inches of snow have fallen today and more is expected overnight. Tomorrow I'm supposed t...

When Grandma Jo turned 80, she took a picture with her grandchildren at the party. I'm related to all these kids. This isn't includ...

Nation of India, Last year I visited your vast land, and although I wouldn't call my time with you a 'vacation', it was most def...

While other cities give a cold shoulder to their residents, San Diego remains warm and inviting.

It might be November 11th and Veteran's Day here in the States, but today a billion people are celebrating the Chinese holiday of Single...

Last night, my friend Cori and I were having gelato in Little Italy next to some classic old Italian men. I'm talking gold chain, chest...

I want to be a grace guerilla no longer a chameleon of karma the time has come to stand out from the crowd. I want to give forgiveness a fig...

I can't count how many times I mumbled under my breath, "China, you win! You always do!" over the last couple years. Today was...

"Suuuure." That doubtful delivery of the word 'sure'. When your cheapskate friend says they'll pay you back you think...

"Forgiveness flounders because I exclude my enemy from the community of humans and exclude myself from the community of sinners." ...