Please forgive me for two back to back posts on a similar topic. I was so fascinated by the previous DID YOU KNOW video that I ended up reading a bunch of articles about it. Turns out the whole thing began with a math teacher in Colorado. The most recent video video debuted just a […]
I’m sitting on my Southwest Flight to Austin, Texas. Tonight I speak to a whole bunch of student leaders at the Texas Association of Student Councils Middle Level Conference. I’m excited; it should be a fun group. This is my fifth day in a row of being on an airplane, yet this is the only […]
After a few great days of presenting at Bret Harte High School, I ended up back in my rental car with a long drive to the airport yesterday. I listened to the latest podcast of This American Life, and then decided to go deeper into my iPhone and played music from The Who’s Tommy. I […]
I’ve been really busy over the past few days, preparing for a few events I’m coordinating for my Alumni Chapter at Arizona State University. Last night we had the first of two receptions–the second taking place in just a few hours. I’m definitely tired right not, but in a really good way. In high school […]
I spent the past few days in the Pacific Northwest, presenting some half-day leadership programs for Link Crew. I love speaking at these events, and I love it even more being up in Oregon and Washington at this time as year. As much as I like aspects of Phoenix, I miss autumn. We just don’t […]
So baseball playoffs are going on right now. It’s been quite some time since that really made me excited; the strike affected a lot of my feelings as a fan and my childhood love of the game. I still attend games from time to time, but I no longer follow the sport on a day […]
Failure seemed to be a theme this weekend. On Friday, I watched the news shows talk about the failed Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympics. On Saturday, I watched my Sun Devils fail to maintain a home winning streak against the Oregon State Beavers. On Sunday, I saw a replay of the SNL opening sketch […]
I woke up this Friday morning and saw that my younger sister, Jane, posted this really nice video on her facebook account. If you haven’t seen it yet, take the three minutes and watch it. I’ve mentioned before in my Searching Out the Soundtrack blog entry how I tend to be one step behind in […]
After hearing some positive recommendations from friends, I started catching up on the show How I Met Your Mother during my travels. Just the other day, I watched an episode from season 3 entitled No Tomorrow in which the main character, Ted, meets his friend Barney at a bar on St. Patrick’s Day and vows […]
If we’ve ever had a conversation, you probably know about my love of entertainment. I’m a huge fan of movies and good television shows. I appreciate most film genres (major exception would be Horror as I’m easily scared) and watch a variety of television programs, although I will admit that I limit my viewings of […]