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A Crock of Schmidt

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How to Win at Candy Crush

July 5, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 4 Comments

Six months ago, to the very day, I went cold turkey. I gave up candy, as in crush. I closed the app on my tablet one final time and haven’t opened it since. A not so easy, or assured, thing, that. As with most newly abandoned bad habits, I was reluctant to boast about this […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Candy Crush, gaming, procrastination

Why Did I Have Kids?

May 26, 2020 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

vintage drawing of kids playing around a fire

Why did I have kids? I suspect this question is asked a lot more often than usual these days. Self-isolation and home-schooling have thrown most parenting routines for a loop the last two months. Even stay-at-home parents are uttering exasperated, “I didn’t sign up for this shit!” Or, in the case of veteran at-home parents […]

Filed Under: Dad Schmidt, Deep Schmidt Tagged With: daycare, heroes, kids, parenting, reproduction

Gun Love, Pure Love

May 22, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

toy pistol with the word bang in toy letters by muzzle

I have never shot a gun. I know, weird, hey? Considering the euphoric joy many proclaim from simply owning such a device, let alone firing one, I’ve paid myself quite the disservice by shunning this grand sensory experience. I should qualify the rather blanket statement I just made by saying I’ve never shot a “real” […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Canada, freedom, gun control, guns

The Dumbest Thing I Ever Said

May 5, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Vintage personal computers sitting on a desk at a museum

Perhaps the dumbest thing I ever said, and there have been many (even after discounting the plethora made with the intent of impressing females), slipped from my lips during the fall of 1990. It went something like this, “I don’t care what I do, just as long as I’m not stuck in front of a […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: coding, computer, high school, hydrogeology

How My Oil and Gas Career Began

April 8, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Twenty-five years ago, I embarked on an eight-month adventure that would define my adult life. It was not intended to. In fact, at the time it was more lark than prescience. Okay, maybe lark isn’t the fairest description, but academic value and eyes to my future were certainly not priorities when I chose to spend […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, career, geology, nostalgia, oil patch

We’re Afraid of the Dark

March 1, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

We’re afraid of the dark. Like, really afraid. All of us. Being primates, I suppose that’s to be expected from an evolutionary perspective, but it doesn’t bode well for our hackneyed attempts to revolutionize our energy use. Do we really expect to completely change the way we drive, fly, eat, and stay warm when we […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Christmas, energy, lights, night sky

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