My life history in five sentences

By rickColosimo / June 6, 2011 / Comments Off on My life history in five sentences

College, Army, law school. Started a family. Happy dad. Starting over. ________? What’s yours?

A regret I don’t want

By rickColosimo / June 2, 2011 / Comments Off on A regret I don’t want

Item 1 on this list of deathbed regrets is living the life you want, and there’s a great quote that refers to the idea of being “fully committed.” I’ve not done a great job of that over the past several years, and maybe longer. It’s been a combination of things, of course, that led to…

Observation, 15 May 2011

By rickColosimo / May 22, 2011 / Comments Off on Observation, 15 May 2011

I was at the Go The Distance bike event, shortly after conquering the crappy feelings that glommed on to last year’s event. This year, I participated and biked 50 miles. It was literally my sixth ride on a road bike. Ever. I was walking back to the car to get something for the boys, and…

Born into pessimism

By rickColosimo / April 8, 2011 /

Sometimes, life is too fatalistic for my tastes. It’s a fundamentally anti-American thing to say that we are too molded by the past, that our destinies are rough-hewn before we have control of our own lives. Sad, too, to learn too late that this is also true of those around us. Certainly, this isn’t determinism;…