“This Is Why I Don’t Worry About What You Get Up To When I’m Out Of Town”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 20, 2022December 30, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Story TimeTags Ethics, Finn, Me, Morons, Stacie1 Comment

Stacie goes on several business trips a year. She and our partner at RSMDME vend at shows in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and some of them are full weekend trips. This is a Good Thing – she gets out of the house for a while (she’s been on work from home for years now), and I… Read More »

Agile and Life

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 15, 2021July 16, 2021Cat Lifestyle, NerdTags Educational, Me, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Agile is a flexible project management system originally developed by and for the software industry. It’s an outgrowth of Lean manufacturing, and it accepts that things will always be fluid in certain projects. As a prototyper and game designer, I’ve found it incredibly valuable as a set of principles. You know what else is always… Read More »

No Gods. No Masters.

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 15, 2020September 13, 2020Cat LifestyleTags CHUDs, Ethics, Losers, Me, My History, Self-Improvement, SkoolLeave a comment

Also known as having a strong internal locus of control. There are two kinds of people when we’re talking about locus of control. There are some shades of gray and some circumstances that throw a wrench into the works sometimes, When I was younger, I was surrounded by losers. A lot of this was due… Read More »

My Typical Daily Schedule

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 13, 2020September 13, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Geek, Me, Self-Improvement, SkoolLeave a comment

People ask me fairly regularly how I find time for everything I do. Which is fair. An ex once said “I’d tell you to find a hobby, but I think you already have two hundred and fifty of them.” I’ve had people stare at me like I was insane when I tell them even the… Read More »

Story Time: Ministerial and Definitional Foolishness

By Patrick MurphyPosted on November 14, 2018May 8, 2020Cat Lifestyle, Story TimeTags Christianity, Ethics, Logic, Me, Morons, Philosophy, Religion, Story Time, Weapons-Grade StupidLeave a comment

I'm an ordained minister. No joke, I got bored and signed up with the ULC. I can referee weddings, throw funerals, and perform exorcisms, and have just as much legal right to do so as the priest at your local church. Mentioned this in passing a few times over the years, and while most people… Read More »