Doc Ott’s Apologia Blog

Here is another cool article talking about how having ADD might not be the worst thing. In a technology job, it might be an advantage.
I feel more vindicated…

Because of my personality, I have always been a ‘leader’. In small groups I tend to take a leadership role, and that is usually OK with people. When people want something done, they tend to come to me. Some people are just natural leaders. I was cool with that, and enjoyed the attention it garnered.
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It is almost the shortest day of the year, the weather is cold and blustery in Michigan, yet I have been sailing the last 3 days and yesterday got a sunburn.
Well, I am in Jamaica.
So far I have had a great time, enjoying each day slowly as if sucking on a ripe fruit. […]

So today I take off for a week long trip with my lovely bride (alone) to Jamaica to celebrate 10 years of marriage. It has been a long time since I left the confines of the US and I am looking forward to the experience. I am also looking forward to running on the beach […]

When I was younger, I ran on the high school cross country team. It was the only time in my life that I was truly successful, being on the varsity team for three years. Eons of biology and evolution gave me a body that was built for long distance running. […]

I love reading little blurbs that ask me a few questions and then make all sorts of conclusion about me. The reason I like them is that they seem amazingly accurate. Of course the meant to be vague so I can read into the conclusions, but they are still neat.
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As any of you who know me can attest. I am the poster child for ADHD medication. I show every symptom of it. Never once have I been prescribed (nor would I ever take) medication for my condition. It was that condition that got me where I am today. I […]

We ok, here are two pictures of me. One was taken in October of 1990 as I was getting my passport to travel to Haiti to do some missionary work. The other was taken exactly 15 year slater (october 2005) when I was renewing my passport and needed a new picture. It looks to me […]

I have always been a very independent person. My parents raised me to solve my own problems, and I was given the gifts to do just that. I was a problem solver, I got so good I could solve other people’s problems and I did that too. I was a go-to guy. If I didn’t […]

Some friends of mine asked if I was willing to cut down their 40’ pine tree. I happily agreed, knowing that it would be fun for me and an excuse to buy a chainsaw.
The tree so sentenced to death

Tying off the top before ‘topping’ the tree

What a show off

It was a lot of fun, and […]