Timing Is Everything - IMRAN®

Timing Is Everything - IMRAN®

Hows that for timing. A seagull caught perfectly above the mast of a solo sailboat returning home under power on a cold windy winter day on Tampa Bay.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #nature #sailing #winter #wildlife

In Memoriam: The Brilliant, Dashing, and Defiant Randy Guthrie - IMRAN®

In Memoriam: The Brilliant, Dashing, and Defiant Randy Guthrie - IMRAN® 

Today, January 29th, would have been the birthday of one of the most unforgettable characters from my time at Columbia Business School—Randolph Hobson Guthrie III.

To many in the Class of 1990, Randy was a figure of high-society intrigue. Dashing and handsome, with a lineage that stretched back through generations of Manhattan's elite, he carried himself with an air of confidence that felt plucked from another era. Even the family names—he being Randolph Hobson Guthrie III with his sister called Holden—felt like they had stepped right out of the pages of The Catcher in the Rye. But unlike a Salinger character merely observing the world, Randy was a man of intense, often polarizing, action.

While his strong opinions made him a lightning rod in our MBA cohorts, he and I hit it off the very time we met. I saw a brilliant mind that refused to settle for the "polite" corporate consensus. What I admired most was his intellectual strength and moral courage. Long before it was a common global conversation, Randy was a bold and vocal advocate for the rights of Palestinians. He had the fortitude to speak out against genocide and displacement when few others would. Despite the pushback from classmates, unafraid of the censorship-by-labeling-critics certain lobbies practice, he remained intellectually precise—always careful to differentiate between his respect for his good Jewish friends and his critique of Zionist political ideology and genocide of Palestinians. Whether debating Middle East politics or the flaws in the US welfare system, Randy didn't care for popularity; he cared for what he believed was the stark truth.

Our paths diverged as I focused on pioneering the Internet and credit card industries in Pakistan and he moved to China. His life eventually took a turn that felt like a high-stakes thriller. Perhaps looking for an "easy path" for his immense intellect, he became the center of Operation Spring, the first-ever joint intellectual property investigation between the U.S. and China. It led to a brutal period of his incarceration in a Chinese prison that made international headlines.

In 2004, during that incredibly difficult time, I managed to reach his mother, Beatrice. She was a woman of immense grace, and I still remember her warmth and gratitude that a friend from Randy's past had called to check on him. When Randy eventually returned to the U.S., he and I reconnected briefly. He remained the same man—fiery, brilliant, and unapologetically himself.

Life pulled us in different directions again. With his birthday approaching today, I sat down to draft an email to his old Yahoo address, hoping to reconnect after all these years. It was only then, through a search of online records, that I learned the heavy news: Randy passed away in 2019 at the age of 52.

His landlord in Florida once described him as a "short-term genius friend"—a man he knew for only a short time, but whose brilliance left an indelible mark. I've included a screenshot of the email I wrote today; it is a somber realization to find out I am too late to hit "send." Perhaps this tribute serves as that final message. Randy was a man of "blue blood" who chose a life of grit, controversy, and conviction. He was a man I am glad I took the time to truly know.

Rest in peace, Randy. You were one of a kind.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #InMemoriam #friends #history #biography #commentary #eulogy #tribute 

Lit Up German Shepherd Kennedy • New Year’s 2020 Night Walk — IMRAN®

Lit Up German Shepherd Kennedy • New Year’s 2020 Night Walk — IMRAN®

Six years ago, on the first night of New Year 2020 — just two weeks before K2 was going to be born on February 17 — my precious German Shepherd joined me for a quiet late‑night walk. His bark could stop any would‑be troublemaker in their tracks, yet his sweet, gentle nature was always the truest part of him.

That night he also got his first taste of being “lit up” for the New Year, proudly wearing a yellow LED collar and a flashing red lamp as we stepped into the start of a new decade.

© 2020-2026 IMRAN®

Long Day Late Night Florida Winter Sweater Selfie - IMRAN®

Neighborhood/ Watch / Dog - IMRAN®

Neighborhood/ Watch / Dog - IMRAN®

Snow storm season some states somewhere. Shepherd sits silently surveying Sunday street summer-seeming serenity scene security.

GSD K2, iPhone long exposure tonight.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #GSD #GermanShepherdDogs #dogs  #gratitude #blessed #lifestyle #midnight 

Fresh Bloom On Newly Planted Hibiscus With Setting Sun - IMRAN®

Fresh Bloom On Newly Planted Hibiscus With Setting Sun - IMRAN®

Unfortunately, high winds uprooted the plant while I was in NY and it dried and died. (No edit. Straight out of camera iPhone 17 Pro Max shot.)

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #nature #flowers #Hibiscus #winter

Mid-January Winter Sunrise Over Eastern Seaboard United States From (Spotty) Delta Airbus Window - IMRAN®

Hard water spots on the Delta airplane's windows spoiled the quality of this spectacular sunrise captured midway between Tampa and New York. 

© 2026 IMRAN® 

#IMRAN #flying #sunrise #AtlanticOcean #winter #travel #gratitude 

GSD K2 Sunning Stunning Shaded Saturday Seaside Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN®

GSD K2 Sunning Stunning Shaded Saturday Seaside Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN® 

A spectacular, spring‑summer–like late‑January Saturday on Tampa Bay, glowing at 81°F while the rest of the country shivers. Quite a contrast to what my New York home will face tomorrow… a brutal –14°C / 7°F even before the wind chill joins the party.

K2, meanwhile, embodies that perfect German Shepherd balance: relaxed yet alert, soaking in the sun and shade as one of the many boats glided past on the water this afternoon.

© 2026 IMRAN® 

#IMRAN #Florida #TampaBay #ApolloBeach #GSD #GermanShepherdDogs #dogs #boating #winter #gratitude 

Oh, Deer!🦌😂 Backyard Wildlife Scandal Alert - IMRAN®

Oh, Deer!🦌😂 Backyard Wildlife Scandal Alert - IMRAN®

After 30 years of watching the same brown‑coat deer families stroll through my backyard like they own the place, this mystery guest shows up. Albino? Secret love child? Did mama deer step out on the herd? The neighborhood wildlife gossip is out of control already 😂

But the truth is even cooler: she's a piebald deer, the result of a rare recessive gene that only shows up when both parents quietly carry it. They can pass that gene down for generations without anyone ever seeing a single white patch. Then suddenly—boom—two carriers mate, and nature rolls the genetic dice.

That's why this is the first time in three decades I've ever seen one here. The gene has probably been hiding in the local herd all along, waiting for the right pairing. Piebald deer make up less than 1% of the population, so spotting one in ny own literal backyard is basically winning the wildlife lottery.

So no scandal after all… just a rare, beautiful genetic surprise wandering through my yard like she's making a cameo in a nature documentary. Or an ad for Ancestry or Sequencing dot com. 😄

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #EastPatchogue #PiebaldDeer #Wildlife #Nature #Surprise #Genetics #humor

Seeking Literary Agent Non-Fiction.

Seeking Literary Agent Non-Fiction.

Kindly share with your network. Please message me if you are one or know one. Thank you.

Imran

#IMRAN #agents #LiteraryAgents #books #publishing #writers #NonFiction #writing #leadership #success #inspiration

Microsoft Doing Today What My EverTrac/CA Colleagues & I Did 25+ Years Ago! - IMRAN®

Microsoft Doing Today What My EverTrac/CA Colleagues & I Did 25+ Years Ago! - IMRAN® 

Delighted to see Judson Althoff's news announcement today about Microsoft partnering with F1. In my comment, I shared the history of EverTrac and CA Inc.  in a full‑circle moment for me. 

Twenty‑five plus years ago, EverTrac — together with our CA colleagues — built the real‑time moving‑map and agentic systems‑performance monitoring and management platform for the 1999–2000 F1 Championship‑winning Mercedes-Benz ‑ McLaren Racing team. And the moving maps were six years before Google Maps even existed. 😊 What shall we manage to drive next? 😉

© 1999-2026 IMRAN® 

#IMRAN #F1 #Mercedes #McLaren #Microsoft #racing #innovation #technology #EverTrac #history 

A Decade‑Long Journey — Photo, Words, Music, Song (2015–2026) — IMRAN®

I have been blessed to witness so many beautiful sights and live through such powerful experiences — moments that inspired me to capture award‑winning photos, write moving poetry, and, when time allowed, shape those words into music… and if fortune smiled, into a full song, perhaps even a music video one day.

Like so many of us, I've often found that time is the one thing that keeps us from doing everything our hearts are called to do. The work of life kept me from the life's work I am truly driven to pursue — to live, even as ordinary a man as I am, up to the unlimited, God‑given potential within me.

This project is one example. I captured this sunset after a storm at my blessed home on Tampa Bay, in Apollo Beach. I was facing a difficult moment in life then, so the image felt as symbolic as it was real. Even in the darkest times, my gratitude for all I've been given, my faith that the best days are still ahead, and my nature — full of love,, passion, and desire — moved me to write the accompanying words as I posted the photo that same evening: June 12, 2015.

It took a full decade before I finally had the time to begin setting those words to music, in late 2025, during another complex chapter of life. And now, as January 21, 2026 comes to a close, I am close to completing the full song born from that poem written more than ten years ago.

"(Come With Me… At) Sunset After The Storm" is on track to be released as a single on the IMRAN® & Quantum Lair label in the next couple of weeks on Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms.

Thank you — my family, friends, and fans — for your love, your care, and your attention to the things I create and share with you.

© 2015–2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #music #songs #creativity #creative #inspiration #gratitude #SingerSongwriter #musician

Low Quality Gene Pool A$$#•£€ Driver, Blocks Passing Lane On 4-Lane I-95 Southbound - IMRAN®

Low Quality Gene Pool A$$#•£€ Driver, Blocks Passing Lane On 4-Lane I-95 Southbound - IMRAN®

This @$$#•£€ was blocking the passing lane of a wide-open 4-lane part of I-95. He had no license plates visible, and wouldn't let people pass. The kind of person who insists on proving his low-quality gene-pool origins.

Cropped image from handsfree Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses.

© 2025-2026 IMRAN®

#ABCDEF #driving #travel #BadDrivers #jerks

Old Is Gold, Gold Old & New New York Stuff Of Life — IMRAN®

Old Is Gold, Gold Old & New New York Stuff Of Life — IMRAN®

One, I've always taken care of my things. Two, over the years I bought enough clothes that nothing ever got worn out. Three, companies really used to make higher‑quality products — especially clothing.

This Tommy Hilfiger jacket is still one of my absolute favorites. Back when TH had bold, unique designs and color combinations. Hard to believe it's from the winter of 1992–1993 bought at Macy's Herald Square in Manhattan.

The Polo Ralph Lauren shirt I'm wearing is also from 1993. In all these decades, it's only lost one tiny collar button… which I still haven't gotten around to replacing.

The plant and decorative planter behind me? From 1995.And me? Well, I'm from three decades before all of those.

Only the iPhone 17 Pro Max is from 2025 — because I still love having the latest tools and gadgets in my hands.

But above everything else, the family, home, and health that God has blessed me with remain the most precious treasures of all.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #EastPatchogue #HomeSweetHome #gratitude #fashion #humor #autobiography #clothing #TommyHilfiger #RalphLauren #Apple

LIRR Jamaica Station On a Brutally Cold, Windy Day — IMRAN®

LIRR Jamaica Station On a Brutally Cold, Windy Day — IMRAN®

I'm sure it would've been far nicer to be on THE island of Jamaica (where I still haven't been!) than at THIS (Long) Island's Jamaica railroad station on a brutally cold, windy day last week. And with temperatures plunging to –14°C / 7°F since then, commuting this week must've been even worse for everyone braving those platforms.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #EastPatchogue #Jamaica #LIRR #travel #commuting #trains #winter

Going For A Spin, Without Getting In A Spin — IMRAN®

Going For A Spin, Without Getting In A Spin — IMRAN®

Being a New Yorker since the late 1980s, I love the beauty of snow but have always hated driving in it — especially because I've been blessed with rear‑wheel‑drive European high‑performance cars.

Snowy roads, regular high‑speed tyres, and a V12 engine are a white‑knuckle combination on sloping roads. And after spending most of the last dozen years in Florida, driving in snow wasn't even a passing thought.

Over the years I've had several nearly fatal highway incidents. Once, my Benz spun three full times on an interstate in Maryland during a blizzard around 1995-1996 after a careless driver lost control, forcing me to gently swerve — which then sent me sliding across two lanes, barely missing a speeding 18‑wheeler. A miracle.

It's mind-boggling how drivers of AWD vehicles think the laws of physics and loss of friction don't apply to them. In 1997, an oncoming SUV speeding through snow lost control, forcing me to swerve again — and somehow recover without hitting anything.

And then there was the time after the snow had supposedly "gone," when the roads were dry and I let my guard down. Around 1999, I was taking the on‑ramp from Nichols Road in Suffolk County onto the Long Island Expressway service lane.

At the sharpest part of the turn, the "dry" road suddenly revealed a massive slab of snow — almost certainly dropped from the roof of some lazy b*stard who couldn't be bothered to clear their car before leaving home.

One moment I had perfect Pirelli grip on dry asphalt; the next, all four wheels hit that hidden blanket of snow and I was instantly spun. Not through any skill — purely by miracle — I rotated off the ramp and across the two main lanes of the service road without touching a single car, curb, or going over the railing on the elevated section over Nichols Road.

Every one of these moments taught me priceless lessons I keep in mind. And each of them also gets added to my autobiography-in-memory… The Miracles Of My Life.

So even though the SUV in this photo is obviously all‑wheel‑drive — as are many newer vehicles — I still wanted to retain my touch-and-feel for driving in snow. Sunday night was perfect: almost no one on the roads in Eastern Suffolk County near my blessed home.

So I went for a spin… thankfully without getting into a spin.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #EastPatchogue #winter #snow #driving #miracles #autobiography #cars #humor

Life Reflections At Last Sunrise Of 2024, Flying Over Odessa — Tampa To New York - IMRAN®

Life Reflections At Last Sunrise Of 2024, Flying Over Odessa — Tampa To New York - IMRAN®

The final days of 2024 were a blur of miles, moments, memories, and motion. On Christmas Day, I pointed my car south and drove 1,212 miles from my Long Island home to Apollo Beach, with K2 — my loyal German Shepherd co‑pilot — stretched out in the back, watching the world roll by.

Barely a week later, before dawn on December 31, I was back in the air. Delta carried me from Tampa International Airport toward New York's JFK, lifting off just as the last sunrise of the year began to paint the sky.

Somewhere north of Tampa, the last morning's first sunlight broke through the clouds over a region I'd never even heard of: the Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park. From above, hidden by an unbroken aerial carpet of cloud cover, it lay tucked between places with names that sound like they were chosen by poets — Odessa, Trinity, River Ridge, Moon Lake.

The under‑appreciated gifts of ubiquitous GPS and internet access, even high in the sky, I thought to myself. A quiet wilderness greeting the final sunrise of a loud, relentless year.

A fleeting moment, a new discovery, and the sky reminding me — again — why I have flown in a window seat all my life since my first flight as a 7‑year‑old in Pakistan. And why I never stop looking out the window at what each new morning, mile, month, and year unfolds in my journey on Earth and through the universe's space and time.

Thank you — again — God Almighty.

© 2024–2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #travel #travelogue #writing #autobiography #flying #Florida #NewYear #NewYearsEve #morning #sunrise #sunlight #aircraft #gratitude #philosophy

Reflected Code Warrior IA Reflecting On CodeWarrior In Era Of AI - IMRAN® (Anwar.rior)

Reflected Code Warrior IA Reflecting On CodeWarrior In Era Of AI - IMRAN® (Anwar.rior)

Reflected Code Warrior IA Reflecting On CodeWarrior In Era Of AI - IMRAN® (Anwar.rior)

I'd been waging war on some technical challenges all night while working on an AI cloud‑services programming project. After a shower, I grabbed a random T‑shirt — and was pleasantly surprised to find myself holding a relic from the early days of modern software development.

It instantly made me reflect (literally? 😉) on the journey.

Wearing my vintage CodeWarrior T‑shirt today is a nod to one of the most important developer tools of the classic Mac era.

For my fellow geeks who remember: Metrowerks, founded in 1985 (right after I earned my Electrical Engineering degree in Lahore, Pakistan), built CodeWarrior and later helped Apple navigate some of its most challenging years.

When Apple shifted from the Motorola 68000 CPUs to the new PowerPC chips, CodeWarrior became the development platform — fast, modern, and miles ahead of the older tools.

The first commercial release shipped in 1994, right around the time I was running my tech and media business in Manhattan — while this blessed Long Island home I'm standing in was being built for me.

Time flies. I've crossed the 30‑year mark of living here, and of using a product that shaped an entire generation of Mac developers.

Amazing how a simple T‑shirt can bring back an entire era of innovation, transition, and the scrappy companies that kept the platform alive.

That's AI‑using IA — code warrior Imran Anwar(rior) reflected — reflecting on CodeWarrior.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #autobiography #memoir #software #technology #coding #humor #Apple #CodeWarrior #wordplay #history #programming

I Saw The Sign(s) - IMRAN®

One great benefit of the increase in technology and parallel massive drops in price is the greater availability of information on modern displays all around transportation hubs, whether airports or commuter rail stations, almost everywhere.

This is an iPhone 3-photo panorama at the LIRR station in Jamaica, a hub around New York City.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #LIRR #Jamaica #travel #trains

Time/Flies In/Flight Leg/Room En/Route On/ScreenFinal/Destination - IMRAN®

Time/Flies In/Flight Leg/Room En/Route On/ScreenFinal/Destination - IMRAN®

Time flies. Delta Tampa to New York early morning flight. Marking a milestone and memory. Took the same descent path over open water of the Atlantic Ocean to final approach for landing at JFK as my flight exactly 37 years ago.

(I)[still] belong to the (New York) City, and Manhattan remains my forever American hometown.

So much has happened. Unlike the song lyrics, everything's changed. Except my sense of gratitude and appreciation for the miracles of my life.

Blessed beyond belief. Thank you, God.

© 2026 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #travel #gratitude #blessed #flying #airline #travelogue #SongReferences #memories #history