Category: Performance

Family

The Soloist

  Pressing play rarely brings tears immediately, but this one did. My 2nd cousin, Hilary, had found a box of tapes, recordings from somewhere in

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Books

1 vs 100

  A teacher stands in front of the classroom. She pops off the dry erase marker cap, dramatically spins, and slams a black dot in

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Coaching

Bill Gates’ Private Party

Imagine having “Bill Gates’ Private Party” on your resume of events you’ve performed for! Yes, it may sound glamorous, and heck, it was amazing to

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Business

Cleaning Before Cleaning

  I’ve always found it bizarre that I need to clean the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.   I mean, doesn’t that defeat the

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Family

Ice on the Windshield

  Snow and ice are everywhere. It’s incredible and wonderful and terrifying to drive in. Not because of my driving, but everyone else! Crazy and

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Business

Vanilla

Vanilla is plain. It is perfectly unoffensive, pristine, nearly flavorless, and the exact extract I wanted to be known for from the beginning of my

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Coaching

The Promise To Fail

  I stand beneath the Olympic bar, which weighs 45-lbs alone. Slapping plates on each side at 45-lbs each, I’m now up to 135-lbs total.

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Business

New Year Clean Out

How is your New Year clean out going? Not your New Years resolutions, I mean the normal minutiae you need to clean up. The list

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Business

How Scrambled Eggs became Yesterday

  The Beatles song “Yesterday” was originally written as “Scrambled Eggs”  Here are the original lyrics –  “Scrambled eggs Have an omelet with some muenster

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