The OCD Diaries

Interview About My Job Change

May 10, 2013 Work-life balance

My good friend Anthony M. Freed did a write-up about my job change. He has some fun at my expense along the way, which I will surely get him back for. Read it on Tripwire.

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For all it’s power as a tool for staying in the moment, there’s one thing about my guitar playing that’s set off a big OCD trigger. Mood music: Search And Destroy – Bowie MixIggy & The StoogesRaw Power (Legacy Edition) Is it the need to play constantly, every day? Nope. Is it the nagging obsession [...]

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Godspeed, Neil Roiter

May 7, 2013 Gratitude

Yesterday I learned that a former colleague, Neil Roiter, passed away on Sunday from an inoperable brain tumor. We worked together at TechTarget for several years, and I’m a richer man for it. Mood music: Man Of The HourPearl Jamrearviewmirror (greatest hits 1991-2003) Neil was a journalist’s journalist, a stickler for details and truth. As [...]

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Leaving CSO, Heading to Akamai

May 6, 2013 Work-life balance

After five excellent years as senior editor and managing editor of CSOonline.com and CSO Magazine, I’m moving on. Starting June 3, I’ll be a senior program manager at Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, Mass. I’m stoked about this new challenge. Mood music: Given To Fly – Mexico City 12/10/05Pearl JamPearl Jam Live I’m announcing my new [...]

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Luke Skywalker Has OCD (May The 4th Be With You, Too)

May 4, 2013 Lighthearted

In honor of Star Wars Day, I share an observation about Luke Skywalker. The dude went through a lot in life, and I respected that. But there has always been something about him that gets on my fucking nerves. Was it the way he whined like a baby after Darth Vader introduced himself as Luke’s Daddy? [...]

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Falling Off the Mountain Syndrome

May 3, 2013 Mental health

Something excellent happened in my life this week. I’ll tell you more about that next week. But for now, let me tell you about something that happens whenever I’m the recipient of awesomeness. I get the wits knocked out of me. Mood music: Under My WheelsAlice CooperKiller I woke up this morning with a nasty [...]

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Kiera Wilmot Case: Proof We’ve Gone Off the Deep End

May 2, 2013 Fear and anxiety

You want an example of how fear has pushed society off the deep end? Check out the case of 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot. Mood music: Out Ta Get MeGuns N’ RosesAppetite For Destruction A student of Bartow High School in Florida, Wilmot did something worthy at least a few weeks of after-school detention: She mixed a few chemicals [...]

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‘Dude, You Are Pathetic’

May 1, 2013 Communication skills for the crazy

I don’t always respond to readers who call me names in the comments section, but sometimes it’s necessary. Mood music: You’re No DifferentOzzy OsbourneBark At the Moon When I wrote a post the other day about being released from mental therapy, a guy named Jerry had this to say: Dude you are pathetic. Be a [...]

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