So this week I came up with a new mission for myself. Connect with 52 new people in 52 weeks. I've never had a problem meeting new people. I'm aware that I am charismatic and, from what I've been told, engaging. I have a friendly face and that often results in some sort of connection […]
Many people have asked if I would sign their book, but they live too far away or it's just difficult to make it happen. For a $50 donation to the Phoebe Fund, I will send a personalized copy of #Tryharder to you or whomever you like. As you know, I don't make a dollar off […]
Things have a way of working themselves out. In 1996, I was sitting in my apartment in San Angelo, TX playing Madden football with my roommate Matthew. I thought of this moment the other day when I was tinkering around with putting this story into a blog. I also realized that the last […]
"He's a nice guy". "She's cute". "He has a good job". "She has a good heart". Almost always, all of these phrases are the kiss of death when it comes to dating. Eventually, after you get older and some dating standards change, these qualities move up in importance when looking for a mate; but initially […]
There are moments in your life when you want your name or number called. When the coach needs someone to take the potential game winning shot or when you are randomly selected to win something; those are the times in your life when you want to be called upon. You want to be noticed. You […]
When mechanical parts work together they are usually separated by a small amount of oil or lubricant to prevent them from breaking down. When we are going through a difficult time and the friction of life takes its toll on us, we often feel the need for some sort of buffer between the grinding of […]
More than 15 years ago I was handed the keys to my very first radio station as a program director. I had been in radio for a bit, and was the #2 guy in the programming hierarchy for a few years, but this was the first time I got to be the boss. The person […]
Are you sitting down? I started this blog 8 months ago and then put it down and moved on to other blog topics. It's been in the back of my brain for a while now and I just couldn't seem to cobble the words together to make my point. This offering has a lot of […]
Real talk here. We've all done it. We have all waited, somewhat patiently, for the karma train to roll in and hit someone. We place a deserving or undeserving target onto someone else's back and hope that the balance of the world finally catches up to that person. To say that you haven't ever done […]
A while back a friend of mine, who just got married at 30 but did not have children, asked me a series of interesting questions about fatherhood. She just shot them at me in rapid fire fashion and I answered them as best and as honest as I could. "Do you ever regret having kids"? […]