Caring for Mom
Ugh. Earlier this year, just after Winter Break, I and a few of my colleagues were looking at the semester ahead of us. February allowed its usual breaks for Presidents’ Day and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. But then we all looked at March: a string of five straight weeks of teaching without a break [...]
More than a feeling: The Death of Brad Delp
Last weekend, I celebrated my 42nd birthday, and my wife gave me an iTunes gift card as one of my gifts. At first, I played around with the idea of getting a vintage Roches CD, as I really miss some of those songs that got me through some tough days teaching in my first years [...]
What Frustrates Me About Lost
I’m not going to lie. I’m hooked on nearly every aspect of the TV show Lost, and I trust the directors/writers that there are real reasons behind the motivations of many of the characters’ actions, even if they are not apparent to us. Take Locke’s decision last Wednesday to key in 77, as instructed by [...]
15 on the Fives, no. 9
Go. It’s just about 5 a.m. My time stamp is off by an hour. Is it really worth changing if we’re going to be hit with an early Daylight Savings Time switch anyway? I haven’t read anything about the changing of DST dates or the reasons behind it, but I can only assume that it [...]
Understanding What Others Think
It’s a pretty dangerous thing to rely on the reactions of others to gauge where you are in your life or how you might even feel about yourself. I’ve always been a person-pleaser. I’ve struggled with finding the right words to elicit the right responses at the right times. It has become almost an obsessive [...]
What it means to Let Go (Understanding Friendship, part 2)
Where there are no desires, all things are at peace. . . This passage from the Tao te Ching has stuck with me for nearly 8 years now, but not without good discussion from friends and family members who believe we must have desires to propel us forward in our careers, our lives, our everything. [...]
Understanding Friendship, part 1
Namaste. For those of you who are still checking in every now and then, I appreciate your loyalty more than you will ever know. I have not written in five weeks, and yet, you may still be stopping by. I believe that one or two of you may read this in the coming week. Know [...]
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