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Class of 2000: The Final Boarding Call Before the Chaos
"Timing is everything!"
Decades ago, as I was stumbling into young adulthood, I used to roll my eyes at the above phrase. It was usually dispensed -- unsolicited -- by older women reflecting on their marriages, real estate, child-rearing, or careers. Regardless of circumstance, "timing" was unfailingly a major deciding factor in their lives' outcomes.
"Whatever", I'd mutter to myself. "I'll create my own timing."
And while I did, at least to some extent, … Read the rest →
My Blood Work After 1.5 Years on a Low Vitamin A Diet: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
It's July 2024, I've been on a low vitamin A diet for 19 months now, and this is my second check-in. My previous blood results were December 2023, 12 months in. I'm 42 years old.
There will be some TMI in this thread. At the end, I link to my diet and a spreadsheet with ALL of my life's blood work, with the ages and diet strategies I was on at those times. My first … Read the rest →
My Best Man Speech for My Brother Nick
On Saturday June 18, 2016, my brother married his beautiful wife Megan in our hometown of Cleveland, OH. This was just a day before Game 7 of the legendary Cavs vs. Warriors NBA Championship, which had the town abuzz (and then some).
I decided to look outside of the box, intertwining Nick and Megan's relationship with the saga that is our beloved Cleveland sports teams.
Due to ongoing circumstances, a few people have asked me … Read the rest →
Two Paths From Here
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost
Tomorrow is the big day. My first day as a fully self-employed entrepreneur.
Over the past few months, as I've seen this time coming, I asked myself who I was going to be in the foreseeable future. And the more I thought and talked about it, the more clear it became.… Read the rest →
Quitting a Job is Hard
Wow. Ever since Shit Got Real, I've been one busy guy. You'd think it was because I've been working on my own business, but I wasn't. I was transitioning my sales territory to the new guy. It's kind of funny, but since quitting my job, I've worked harder for it than I have for years.
I never realized how many people I've met over the past four years, and how hard saying goodbye would … Read the rest →
What I Learned From Being a Reality TV Character - Part 1 of 3 - On the Set
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. Part 1 is about being on the set of a Reality TV Show.
Exactly a year ago, I was thrown into a reality TV pilot titled Crash Test, which aired on Spike TV on April 27th, 2010. On Crash Test, we used top-notch stuntmen and stuntwomen to recreate accidents and crime scenes to see who was really guilty or innocent.
I was the "biomedical scientist" … Read the rest →