Burnt Cork and a Walk in the Dark
What is your favorite Halloween memory? For me, it’s a tie: Mom lovingly applying a burnt cork beard to my sweet little face, transforming me into Dave the Hobo. (Sorry, I’m sure that no pictures…
Month: October 2022
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Well, I wasn’t sure what I…
National Mentoring Day Tomorrow
Did you know that tomorrow is National Mentoring Day? With this one day of advanced notice, what can you do to help someone who needs some mentoring… whether they know they need it or not….
It’s only the last time until the next time
On this beautiful late October day, my wife and I lamented the last of the pleasant mornings. Seventy degrees! Really windy! But… 70 degrees! Is this our last walk to the coffee shop? Our last…
Be it and you’ll see it
Do you believe in “Fake it ‘til you Make It”? You probably have heard that phrase, and it seems like a positive approach, doesn’t it? But it’s the “fake it” part that we need to…
Face Front! Friday!
Face Front! Friday! Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Just this: Hooray…
Find Your Own Bathtub
“That left turn might be right” We just watched a documentary called Bathtubs Over Broadway, and it was so much fun. It’s a 90-minute love letter to industrial musicals. You know, musical numbers performed exclusively…
Harshest critic (part 2)
Let me tell you about another conversation I had with a now-retired colleague. This one wasn’t really a conversation, though. My colleague and I were on a departmental committee together, one that I was asked…
Harshest critic (part 1)
This conversation really occurred while walking down the hall with a colleague. I don’t remember what we were discussing. Senior faculty member: Now, Dave, I’m my own harshest critic…. Junior faculty member (me) in an…
Taking Command
I’ve shared this thought before but the timing seems right…not just because of last Thursday’s Bear’s game but because the message bears repeating. (No pun intended, but I didn’t edit it out, either, did I?)…