• Beer, dude

    Beer, dude

    I’d like to say something really profound, like “love” is my favorite word; but that would just be disingenuous.

  • Prompt: What are you doing this evening?

    Prompt: What are you doing this evening?

    I’m going to a baseball game tonight. The better part is that I got the tickets for free.

  • On lies, bullshit and hypocrisy

    On lies, bullshit and hypocrisy

    What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? Hypocrisy – more than even lying – is one trait that raises a red flag for me when meeting new people. The fact is that people lie. We, as humans say things that aren’t true everyday. Sometimes it’s done…

  • Seven perfect days

    Seven perfect days

    I am a firm believer in what I call the “life-work imbalance”.

  • Jackie, Roberto and LBJ

    Jackie, Roberto and LBJ

    Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. This is tough because, as a casual sports fan, there are many different things for which I respect certain athletes If you’re talking about overall human beings, I would probably say Jackie Robinson, and Roberto Clemente are the two athletes…

  • Rob says Relax

    Rob says Relax

    Sometimes, relaxing, for me, can be simply a matter of stopping what I’m doing, catching my breath, and allowing myself to regain my bearings.

  • Words I’d like to banish

    Words I’d like to banish

    If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? This is a three-way tie for me. If I had to give up one word (or three) that I use, it would be um / uh / ah For native English speakers, these three…

  • Let it go

    Let it go

    Lately, I’ve been finding that carrying around that level of anger, resentment and hate is just to burdensome.

  • Toujours en France

    Toujours en France

    The farthest I’ve ever traveled from home, was when I spent two weeks in France, during the summer after my sophomore year in high school.

  • full circle

    full circle

    After originally applying 19 years ago, today I was hired by my local school district