If you inhabit planet Earth, you probably know about The Dress. Last Thursday, someone posted a picture of this dress online: Half of the world saw a black and blue dress and the other half saw white and gold. For …
A Survival Guide for Spring Semester
Fall semester is great. Returning students are coming back after a (hopefully) refreshing summer, ready to take another step closer to graduation, and new students are embarking on a brand new, exciting adventure. Fall semester envelops the warmth of summer …
I Did What I Was Paid To Do: Race Control & America
Law enforcement, prosecutors, and clergy in this country are simply doing what they are paid to do. Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, shared his belief that in the altercation with and subsequent killing of …
Career Crossroads
Maybe it’s being in my mid-50’s, maybe it’s the changing seasons or maybe it’s because it seems like I have had so many conversations with college students lately. Whatever the reason, I have been thinking a lot about how our …
Picking Better Role Models
I’m getting old and it scares me. I fear I’m about a year or two away from standing in my yard wearing plaid shorts, black socks and sandals yelling at the kids to stay off my grass. I live in …
Behind Closed Doors
This seems like a simple deed … and it is. Today’s good deed: HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR SOMEONE I opened the door for a woman at the post office today. She was carrying multiple boxes. They didn’t look super …
What a Gay Games Silver Medal Means to a Straight Man
“Runners to your marks,” the man with the pistol dangling from his right hand called. I stared at the finish line 100 meters in the distance. My hands twitched, and my legs quaked. Searing pain ignited in my left heel …
Shhhhhhhh!
Today’s good deed was an easy one! Today’s good deed: VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY I love libraries. I have three tiny ‘value’ cards on my key chain and they’re all library cards. In the quiz, Which Disney Princess Are You? …
Look Who’s Talking!
This is one of my favorite things to do. I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s the playful kid in me. Today’s good deed: STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH THE PERSON WORKING THE CASH REGISTER It seems to me that grocery …
God and the All-Star Game
My father couldn’t make it to the All-Star Game. He had nose surgery and I was upset. I’d waited right around 25 years for the All-Star Game to be played at the home of the New York Mets and I …