Category: Thoughts

This is appropriate around 4th of July weekend.

This morning a saw the headline Man Charged With Two Rapes Gets One Day in Jail. My first thought was What the Hell (or something like that), wondering what’s going on that’s causing rapists to get such light punishment. In this case the punishment wasn’t for rape. It was instead for battery, which appears to…

Adam Driver presented Why I Bring Theater to the Military as a TED Talk, performed by Jesse J. Perez and Matt Johnson.

In honor of the my first wedding of wedding season.

Pat Summitt died earlier this week. She was one of the greatest coaches in the history of college basketball, and maybe sports in general, but when you hear people talk about her they rarely bring up the coaching aspects. They tend to bring up the personal side, the barriers she broke through, and the doors…

Lidia Yuknavitch presented The Beauty of Being a Misfit as a TED Talk, reminding us every path is different and filled with obstacles, internal and external.

Keogh got married. It was a great wedding and a great weekend. Julia was stunning, the ceremony was beautiful, and reception was a blast. The weekend overall was fun. Getting to hangout and catch up several people I don’t see nearly enough is the bonus that makes these weekends so special.

As with most new things, the potential for something to go terribly wrong exists. This time with Facebook’s live streaming. Earlier this month a man was shot and killed while streaming. It’s wasn’t the first time a death was broadcasted, with the Virginia newscasters being the first to come to mind, but it was the…

Trevor Timm presented How Free is Our Freedom of the Press? as a TED Talk, reminding us exercising our freedoms may have consequences.

Chicago was the first USASF Regional Conference of the summer and for some reason we decided to add a 3 day tumbling workshop to the beginning of it. Everything went great, I got deep dish pizza, and Chris joined us for a drink or 2.

Thought Catalog published Here Are All The People Applauding The Orlando Gay Club Shooter, and the comments aren’t any better than the notes in the article.

Toni Mac presented The Laws That Sex Workers Really Want as a TED Talk, addressing the unintended consequences of some laws.

I saw this running the other day.

Buzzfeed published Here Is The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read Aloud To Her Attacker. It’s tough to read and unimaginable to think about reading this in front of your attacker. I was not only told that I was assaulted, I was told that because I couldn’t remember, I technically could not prove it was…

Kang Lee presented Can You Really Tell if a Kid is Lying? as a TED Talk, letting me know lying is a sign of intellectual development.

You never know what you’ll find in the restroom.

R. Luke DuBois presented Insightful Human Portraits Made From Data as a TED Talk, showing the impact of presenting data.

The day after Derby I drove to Lexington for Kentucky tryouts. Congratulations to the new team.

Chris Anderson presented TED’s Secret to Great Public Speaking as a TED Talk, which gives good advice for giving a talk anywhere.