I wouldn't describe myself as a cautious person, but I've always had a healthy respect for automobiles — especially in a college town where pedestrians and cyclists play their own version of Frogger every day. It's almost too easy to think of downtown as an extension of campus. but when students … More
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Where the day takes you.
You never really quite know where the day will take you. Last Monday I was dragging my feet getting into work. It was the first day of classes at Penn State and experience has taught me that the streets downtown would be thick with new students fresh off summer break. I took my time to wrap up … More
Part lies, part heart, part truth, part garbage.
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, … More
On risk and feedback.
This week wraps Elements, the conference formerly known as PSUWEB. It's hard to believe it's been around for 19 years, and the growth and expansion in those years has been transformational. Having served for many years on the program committee, it makes me proud to see the consistent quality of … More
Failure: the struggle is real.
So, yeah. Workouts. I knew I should have waited longer to write about them. I knew that as soon as I said something about my working out and put it out there for the world to see, the irrational part of my psyche feared that I'd jinx everything and it would all start to blow up and I would look … More
The perfect storm.
Last year was, in many ways, a transformational year for me. It was the first year after more than two decades of active parenting where there were no more kids in the house to tend to and care for. It was the year TheCop and I really had to examine where we were, and decide where to go next. It was … More