The Book of Jason

Noise!

What do you take with you?

Several years ago, I had the privilege of meeting the brilliant songwriter Richard Sherman at our Glendale campus.

“I like warm hugs.” – Olaf Okay, I’m not talking about AOL, email, or the movie.

Last week, as I drove down Wiley Canyon Road on the way to work, I got goosebumps.

I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to getting past US election Tuesday so my cell phone can get a break from the texts and telemarketers, and we can get on to being flooded with black Friday ads instead.

Last Wednesday was my brother’s birthday.

Turbulence.

The floor creaked when I walked into the foyer.

It was like liquid ice.

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!

Joy.

TransAsia Airways Flight 235 had just departed from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taiwan on its way to Kinmen Airport in China.

This weekend I heard, “This week has been the longest year ever!”

“Come back in half an hour,” the host at Brix Italian Restaurant in Belleville, New Jersey, said with a sympathetic smile.

A gasp and then silence fell across the room.

“Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.”– Proverbs I love coffee.

I was running late.

What is leadership?

“That’s not AI, that’s three IF statements in a trench coat” “This can’t be happening!”

“Retiring was the best decision I ever made!”

It is undeniable.

I’m sore.

“Your life will be a story.

Circles.

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I confess, I’m a hoarder.

How to Approach Problems with a Creative Twist The kitchen sink wasn’t draining.

What are your skills?

Imagine it is 2029.

Last week ended the 12th day of Christmas and Epiphany on Saturday.

“On every world, wherever people are, in the deepest part of the winter, at the exact mid-point, everybody stops and turns and hugs.

I always wanted to go to NASA’s Space Camp.

My dad and I share the same birthday.

I confess, we are troublemakers.

It was time to head to the airport.

It seems like yesterday I was just taking down the Christmas lights and storing them up in the attic.

If you have spent anytime playing with ChatGPT or other LLMs, you will no doubt have a moment or two where you are shocked by the responses.

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination” – Albert Einstein What are you going to be for this Halloween?

I have a terrible memory.

What is your dream?

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong July 20, 1969.

Chimney sweeps and chainsaws.

“I’m just very curious—got to find out what makes things tick… all our people have this curiosity; it keeps us moving forward, exploring, experimenting, opening new doors.” – Walt Disney One word at a time.

Do you have time?

The bands of the hurricane started arriving Saturday evening.

“One step to the edge of impossible.

Summer!

Every week, we hear announcements of new AI powered tools or advancements.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence of the thirte…

The sky was on fire.