Grad School How To… How I Got Here (Part IV) 30 Jul 201630 Jul 2016 And there it was: the UT Law school rejection letter. I hadn't always wanted to go there. In fact, the idea for UT Law was relatively recent. Between college graduation and that…
Best Practices… Finish Lines 28 Jul 20167 Sep 2016 I never met a finish line that I didn't sprint. Dear reader, do not misunderstand. I do not always finish first, best dressed or most pleasant, but I finish and…
Best Practices… Prototype Conundrums 21 Jul 201622 Jul 2016 Yesterday I finished re-assembling part of the dismantled RaSSCAL prototype. All government operations require acronyms and my charge is no different: RaSSCAL means Randolph Steady State Core Analysis Laboratory. Essentially, the RaSSCAL flows…
Life at the Front Lines A Good Story 22 Jun 2016 Paulson's Lumber, the pre-Home Depot local lumber and hardware store, knew our family well. Remodeling was a family past-time, so we made it to Paulson's at least once a week for…
Life at the Front Lines Namesake 19 Jun 20164 Jul 2016 Driving through New York state on a shale harvesting trip, I mentioned to Mentor that if we see a sign for Schuyler County we needed to stop for a picture. This…
Life at the Front Lines Bullies Among Us (Part II) 22 May 201610 Jun 2016 The next day I explained my situation to Andrea and Karen: I cannot afford to pay rent on a third apartment, I moved out here to do my life's work,…
Life at the Front Lines Bullies Among Us (Part I) 22 May 201610 Jun 2016 Bullying on school playgrounds is getting a lot of press lately. Government web sites define bullying as "unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived…
Best Practices… Failure is Not 25 Mar 201631 Aug 2016 ... a person, a thing or a reason to not do what compels you. My favorite treatise on failure comes from Ed Catmull's book, Creativity Inc., "For most of us,…
Best Practices… If you keep all the little rules… 24 Mar 201631 Aug 2016 You can break all the big ones. In George Orwell's book 1984, Julia, the woman with whom Winston falls in love and begins his affair, is high-ranking in the Party. She has complete…