On the surface this may appear to be yet another piece about the Will Smith slap at The Oscars. It’s not. This is about apologies and our collective cynicism and will start with the apology Smith posted on his Instagram earlier this week. All week I have read many, many…

Update…Update… It’s only Monday morning, but I fear if I wait then I will have forgotten what has gotten me motivated to write at all. Last night at the Oscars a truly unique event took place. After a joke about his wife actor Will Smith approached comedian Chris Rock on…

Update: My son and I made it back to The Batman finally the other day. Needless to say we were excited to see the movie and happy to see it together. I am happy to report that the movie played all the way through without any technical difficulty and the…

A few weeks back I took my kids to see The Batman. I’m still not sure we needed another Batman movie, but the opportunity to see a blockbuster back in the theatre was too good an opportunity to pass up. About midway through the movie the power in the theatre…

I haven’t a first day in a long time. First day’s are exciting and a little unnerving. There are always people to meet and new routines to develop, but there is also a sense of not exactly knowing what to do. I’ve spent the past 21 years as a high…

I’ve been thinking a lot about regret these past few weeks. I stumbled on a book by author Dan Pink called The Power of Regret and have been absorbing its message about a topic so many of us would rather never discuss. First, according to Pink, we all have regrets…

Everything ends. There are so many things, moments, events throughout my life that I wish lasted longer, but they too came to an end. Everything ends. By now, if you are part of the district I work in or are a friend of mine, you likely already know that I…

I love WORDLE! It feels good to get that out. I’ve only been playing for a few weeks, but I am hooked and I can’t stop talking about it. WORDLE is a 5 letter word game/puzzle that can only be played once per day. Players get up to six chances…

I’ve had a lyric from a song stuck in my head for the last week or two and I can’t shake it. Has this ever happened to you? It’s always the same routine for me…a song that is a deep cut — from the B side of a favorite album…