February 2011
14 posts
January 2011
18 posts
Why the honus is on boys
I was at John Burroughs Middle School this afternoon for LATM (Los Angeles Team Mentoring) and I helped lead an activity designed to provoke thought and introspection from my group of 7th graders. To set up the activity we posted “YES”, “NO”, and “UNDECIDED” signs in different areas of the classroom. Then, we asked the students to walk to whichever part of the...
Only a man...
in a silly red sheet.
Things I like about elevators...
1) I like it when you go into an elevator and you can smell the food that someone just carried out of it. In the past two days I’ve entered elevators that had been recently vacated by McDonald’s french fries and pizza. It’s fantastic.
2) I like that I feel comfortable belting out songs to myself in an elevator.
3) I like belting out songs to myself in elevators and failing to...
“And when it feels like living’s harder than dying
For me, giving...”
– Kanye West - Champion
“Rumble, young man, rumble!”
– Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown (Muhammad Ali’s corner man)
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are...”
– M. Scott Peck
The importance of what you feel...
is overrated, because you are the only one cognizant of it. A feeling is acknowledged inwardly. What matters is if/how you express it outwardly. It’s what you do that defines you… not what you feel.
That's why you can't fall in love with beauty.
“When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That’s why you can’t fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and body but not your heart....
Bay to LA
By the numbers:
Grapevines closed: 1
Minutes on the road: 660
Miles driven: 530
Total windshield wipes: > 1000
Tanks of gas: 2
Times I thought we we may be lost: 3
Phone calls made to determine the best alternate route: > 10
Times I wished I had the Flubber car: > 807134659274
Seeds of comfort
to understand… and to be understood