2022 A look back on a Long Year by an Observer and Traveler

Rob Tyrie
2 min readJan 1, 2023

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Photo by Eva Darron on Unsplash

22 was a race, a walk, a sleep, and many, many days. It was locked down, Omnichron, locked up, patio and opened up. Wax on. Wax off. It was all the jabs in and covid too. It was New York, Tampa, Miami, Austin, Dallas, San Francisco, Toronto, and more New York.

So many time zones and Explainers. War in the Ukraine. Work from home and on the roam, over the wire, put out fires. It was trade shows, wifi, Dream Force, Global fun. Second winds and Heat Waves.

It was zooming, teams, meeting, and con calling. Founders, funders, wonders and blunders. Software, The Musical. So many Photos and 19M google views. It was banking and thanking, and the odd spanking.

Face 2 face, 3D, concerts, music, podcasts and many books. Libraries, contraries and Festivals. Berkeley for Philosophy and Bagels and Smoked Meat in Montreal. It was push ups, sit ups , mock ups, scrums and clean ups. It was dinner in, dinner out. Pai Pad Thai, oh my, spicy dishes, and busking at La Pallette, Dancing at The Barsa. Caribana, Yorkdale Co-work, Jeep tours, and say goodbye to lost friends. Kind Jen. Ria of Ken. Justin, Justin.

Collision on the Roof Tops, shout from the mountain tops. It was find a way, it was walk a lot, talk alot and run some, it was beers at Stock and work in spreadsheets, the dance of the circular reference. Math and Stats, Galton’s games and Bayes' gaze. AI wakes up, the future is generated not contemplated.

It was big deals, and small ball with triples. It was long days and long nights. It was first principals, lost causes, expensive gas and clipped wings. Inflation, frustration, recalibration.

Make a buck , a buck-a-shuck oysters at the Distillery. Politics and funny schticks, Clubhouse house and laughing bits. Cheese Cake at Sarge’s, Triple MBappe and Argentina’s Messi World Cup win. It was 8 days a week and sleeping in, dreams and racoons sneaking. Grey Swan Guild in the Thousands, so many Wraps, it’s good to be Grey, it’s not a trap.

22 was good. It was large noisy quiet dirty fun and cold, but hot in the summer. All with moments of intense Joy. I am ready with you and free. The Kids are all right, we’re all alright. Ready for 23.Love the world. FTWz Let’s Go, Rock n Roll.🔥🐇🥕

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Rob Tyrie
Rob Tyrie

Written by Rob Tyrie

Founder, Grey Swan Guild. CEO Ironstone Advisory: Serial Entrepreneur: Ideator, Thinker, Maker, Doer, Decider, Judge, Fan, Skeptic. Keeper of Libraries

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