The Power Generation

DFOing Good

Alex_Demote - May 1, 2023April 27, 2023

Every few years, I partner up with a friend or two and try to strike it rich by starting a business. While each of them has been fun and rewarding, we've never managed to stay afloat for more than a handful of years or make a decent profit. Sure, the

Joseph Schooling & Beating Your Heroes

Alex_Demote - February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

We're about 14 months away from the 2024 Olympics in Paris. For me, this means the hype train is well underway. The only thing above football in the world of sports for me is the Olympics, and I can't get enough of the narratives that build and break around the

Danger Elbow: A Puppy Injury Tale

Alex_Demote - February 17, 2023February 16, 2023

I got my first Kai Ken in early 2014. They're a special and exceedingly rare breed of ancient Japanese hunting dog that bond very closely to their owners and otherwise don't want much to do with people. For this reason, they're very hard to re-home and breeders are very selective

Self-Immolation is Overrated

Alex_Demote - February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

I drove 4 hours south of home on Monday, back to the office that I used to commute to daily and have since moved away from thanks to my position transitioning to full-time remote. We're going through an acquisition and their people wanted to understand work that I used to