In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Carsyn Koch. Carsyn is one of the premier middle distance runners in the entire country. She went from growing up in a tiny town in Maine to competing in the Olympic trials in a mere two years. The story of Carsyn’s meteoric rise is a fascinating…
It was early evening on a Sunday, and I wanted some bacon and eggs. Over easy eggs and non-crispy bacon to be precise. I mulled the idea of tackling such a meal in my own kitchen, but decided against it after quickly reviewing the preparation it would entail. Succumbing to abject sloth, I decided that my…
Election season is upon us, and several people have recently asked me what my dream candidate looks like. In the interests of not ever having to answer that question again, I have compiled a list of policy positions that my perfect candidate would adopt immediately. It’s not a complete list, but these are definitely the…
I am a cup-half-full kind of guy. I am a benefit-of-the-doubt, optimist type, which occasionally causes me to misjudge people, situations, and events. Recently on a (very flat) run, I started to wonder if I had massively misjudged the State of Ohio, my current home. I wondered (as I ran along a flat, cornfield-laced, straight-line bike path…
A thousand country songs attempt to depict what life is like growing up in rural America, but most are wildly unsuccessful. For the last 10-15 years, popular country music has become the genre of choice, not for actual country people, but for white, middle class suburbia. The reason that most country songs fail so miserably…
Yesterday, I slowly, carefully clicked through TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Photos of 2015 (http://time.com/4124895/top-100-photos-of-2015/). Some of the photos were joyous and beautiful: the United States Women’s soccer team celebrating a big goal, a beluga whale spraying water at smiling Japanese children, and tulip fields blooming in the Netherlands. But many more of the photos were…
My sweet Macie, It’s your first birthday today and I can’t help but fight back the tears. I can’t believe you are already one; it just doesn’t feel real. It feels like just a moment ago that I held you in my arms for the very first time. Today, I can hardly contain you…
As most of you know, I attended law school at the University of Cincinnati. It was a challenging, but fulfilling, three years. Recently I’ve been reflecting on my experiences there, so this is the first of a series of posts about law school through my eyes. I hope that even if you never attended law…
Lately, one of the most common questions posed to me is “What’s it like being a dad?” I usually fumble around for an answer, trying to muster some token morsel that the inquisitor might find interesting. “It’s fun,” I say, fully knowing that the word fun can’t even begin to describe what it’s like to hear my daughter…
Since Macie graced us with her presence on January 30th, everything in my life has changed for the better. When my eyes first saw my sweet girl, and she was laid on my chest, my heart brimmed with joy and I knew that it would be impossible to love anyone more. Little did I know…
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