Frequency, scarcity, duration, and why I hate Christmas
People of a certain age probably remember this event from grade school – being gathered together to watch the Olympics on television. I’ve talked to other Gen-Xers who remember this, […]
Author: John
The folly of finding your passion
Recently I’ve been trying to figure out how to motivate my daughter, trying to discover what gets her up in the morning, what keeps her going through the day. She […]
Learning courage
In my last blog post, I essentially committed to my daughter, and by extension, the other women in my life, that I would do my utmost to ensure that if […]
An open letter to Annie
Annie, I’m so sorry for what happened. Somehow, the electorate decided that it was okay to strip away your dignity and rights and set your future back a few years, […]
On being an advocate
I spent this past weekend at the Comp Laude Awards and Gala, where I volunteered to help facilitate some collaboration sessions on advocacy-based claims management. Don’t worry, that’s not what […]
Happy Halloween!
Halloween has long been on of our fave holidays here, and rather than bore y’all with another blog post, I figured I’d just throw down some old costume photos for […]
You’re not that important.
I was doing my usual gym thing this morning, but with one essential difference. I had forgotten to charge my wireless headphones, so I didn’t have headphones in my ears. […]
Parenting sucks. Divorced parenting sucks harder. And I wax nostalgic.
My daughter is now 13, and we’re dealing with a lot of the stuff that you deal with when a kid becomes a teenager. I’ve said to several people that […]
There’s never a good time to take a mental health day
I woke up today to discover that it’s apparently World Mental Health Day. It’s mildly ironic to me that it falls on a Monday, and immediately following our country’s latest freakshow […]
Do not attempt… anything
I followed a link from Twitter to a video about the handling characteristics of the Suzuki GSXR-600 currently being raced in the MotoAmerica series. As is normal with a lot […]