Derek Brooks

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  • OH YEAH
  • Some nerds
  • Goofballs
  • Hangin with these Product Engineering peeps
  • Hangin with some of my new engineering peeps
  • Hangin with some solid engineers
  • The man responsible for me joining Rocket
  • Dropping Durby off at daycare before I head to Detroit for the week. I was not expecting rain this morning.
  • Readin about a 9 on the stimp meter.
  • Checkin the green speeds
  • Birdie boyz
  • Drop
  • Happy Hour
  • Custom suit fitting
  • Gettin this suit dialed in
  • Cousins got me a customizable marquee hat for my birthday. This is how it was delivered to me.
  • About to embark on one of the dumbest rides at the fair. Great for makin out tho.
  • Sky Glidin Sunset
  • Iowa Beer
  • State Fair Crew
  • Found a seat at the craft beer tent
  • We had a request for Malört
  • Birthday crew
  • Pizza party
  • Birthday lunch stuff
  • Old folks in the club
  • Oops
  • Playin some Mario Kart at Kaitei
  • Hangin at this pool
  • Scooter gang
  • Late night walk back to the hotel
  • Passageway Groupie
  • Preppin for a good weekend of exploring Omana
  • Hangin at the Lamp
  • Hangin at the Lamp
  • Evan and Erin join us!
  • Indian food delivery man
  • Chillin in this park, watching a chill concert
  • How bout some Rye? Same Old Moses
  • To the fermenter
  • Homebrew Chillout
  • Documenting the process
  • Home from camping. Haven’t showered. Smell like shit. But Kari wanted a patio pizza date, so…
  • Headin downtown
  • Okobrojis
  • Hangin with Kari’s folks
  • Beer boy
  • I felt very athletic here
  • Lil Malört digestif
  • Supper time!
  • Get in loser, we’re going for a ride
  • Hangin at the Saddle
  • Fong’s stuff
  • “Can we wear those helmets?” “Only if you do a kamikaze shot”
  • These Balls Are Ridic
  • Stayin cool at camp
  • Might hang with all these DM friends outside of Des Moines than we do at home
  • Back at Lake Time and randomly Hangin with Nicole!
  • Walkin around these parks
  • A nice family selfie
  • Tryin to stay cool at this Lakeside Patio
  • Lake Time Lunch Pizza and Beer
  • Gettin fit
  • I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And doggone it, people like me.
  • A great night at Harbinger
  • 7-course Father's Day Dinner at Harbinger
  • Confluence with Kari's folks!
  • Hangin with Papanii
  • The Puppeteers
  • KIELBASAS
  • Braintree / Venmo / PayPal Connect with Mark and Erik
  • First time in Comerica
  • Wearing some of Jeff’s old shirts for Father’s Day
  • Hangin with Janelle
  • Some winners
  • The new job always feels real when the first paycheck lands. Celebrating at 801 Chophouse
  • Believe in Yourself
  • Neighborhood Bathroom Selfie
  • Coa Selfie
  • Some Hunk

4 blog entries

Forty

I’m 40 now. Almost dead. So, as I approach my final years (RIP), I’ve been reflecting a lot on the past decade and what I want going forward. On my 30th birthday, I moved to Chicago to kick off a new, stressful, and fruitful trajectory in my life and career. In that decade, I took some risks, took advantage of some big opportunities, worked hard, had some big wins, lucked out, and burned out. On …
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Becoming Middle Aged

So, my friend Carol has this theory that you truly begin your middle aged life once you become thirty three and a third. She's based this on the idea that if we live to be ~100 years old (yea right), the first third of your life is from 0 to 33.3 years old, the second (middle) third is until you're 66.6 years old, and so on... She totally buys into this thing too. Like she'll even make you a …
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