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Finally, the Preston 1000 is introduced (not that you will care, and that's okay)

Most people who know me, know I have like five things I care about more than anything else when it comes to pop culture. Sports, Breweries, Trivia Night, Saturday Night Live, and Music. Not in any particular order. And I love music. I know this love for music began when I was a kid. My father had hundreds (and maybe thousands) of albums lined our living room growing up. They were in these wooden…

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500 (or so) words on Home and Car Inflation

Photo by Vitali Adutskevich on Pexels.com We have all been there. You are driving down the highway, and a car zooms past you, going at least 100 miles per hour. Or maybe you are like me, and you drive a smaller car, and you have a giant Ford F-250 rolled up on you just inches from your bumper, and they are blaring sunspot-level halogen lights. Or maybe this has happened, you visit a peer from…

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500 (or so) words on Neil Postman

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Sometimes you get lucky enough to find a book you last read years ago. This week I revisited a few books I read back in college that profoundly affected my life and how I see the world, primarily through an education lens. In 1995 I was an English Major at East Carolina University. I graduated that year with a degree in creative writing and a minor in…

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500 Words on Sinead Connor and Time

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com It is 5:35 PM on a Friday, and I am sitting on a barstool at Oviedo Brewing Company in Oviedo, Florida, and I am thinking about the recent death of Sinead O’Connor. Sinead died this week; she was 56 years old. I grew up a big fan of hers. She stretched the boundaries of songwriting and challenged the commonly accepted traumas we inflict on each other.…

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500 Words on Disruptive Innovation

Photo by Startup Stock Photos on Pexels.com When I was a junior at East Carolina University, I enrolled in an English Grammar course. Honestly, I had always considered myself a good writer but not a technical one, so I knew I would struggle. And struggle, I did. From the first week, I fell further and further behind. By the end of the semester, I performed so poorly on the final I did not even…

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500 Words on Forced Nostalgia

Photo by – NFT CAR GIRL – on Pexels.com Okay, let’s give ourselves up, Gen X. We do this ALL of the time. Me: “Shirley you must be kidding, and don’t call me Shirley.” My Daughter: “What are you talking about?” Me: “You know – Airplane! The 1980 movie starring Robert Hayes?” My Daughter: “No Dad, I have never seen that movie.” Me: “Why not? Well, we’re gonna watch it this weekend.” My…

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500 words on Public Trust in Higher Education

Photo by Ihsan Adityawarman on Pexels.com The news seemed to come and go with a bit of a whimper. Like the storm warning you were told would bring tornados and hail but only ended up getting some rain and a few thunderclaps. Last week Gallup reported that public confidence in higher education was at its lowest in some time. Since the early 2000s, the overall confidence in our universities and…

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My 500 words on the Writers and Actors Strike

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I am pro-Union, pro-Labor, and I hope the actors and writers in Hollywood get every dime they seek. I support the strike because it concerns the average working actor, the working writer, and those who support their work. Like professional sports, the studio system is known for “champagne wishes and caviar dreams.” Still, most of these professionals have short…

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My 500 Words: Time to Join the Volksmarch

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com I love a good walk. Walking is one of the most primal and core-centering activities one can engage in. As long as you have the ability and mobility to do so, I believe in walking for pleasure and health every day. I will be the first to admit I am not an athlete. I am portly, 50, and my back can give me fits. I could be more coordinated, and, quite frankly,…

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Great day at the Board of Governors meeting at FAMU! Thankful to Scott for being such a great partner in our Consortium work. (at Tallahassee, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYG3vRLREr3OWHxhv0Fip3aDa78ooSk1e5cyg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Saturdays are for friends and breweries!! (at Oviedo Brewing Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOb5u8vUVir8GyC559lBVGd7jAgTdHGCMzsVs0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy Breakfast Club day to all who celebrate! (at Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqK3P_XODcGZbFY_5gIQocmG9e-lcA9wWQVy3c0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy Birthday to the best mom a fella can have. Everyone else knows her as Deb but I just call her mom! Love you so much. (at Wilmington, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIeTkruETjaAm6IYhZAHo4fANM_izU35Xg9c80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Slante from Orlando! Have a great weekend!! (at World of Beer) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6DbrnLWFi5lLHOZbOL0TJBqA-HtPZsTqvQ0k0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Here’s to Sunday. (at Lake Eola Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co29BoZP3ekePUK6V6L8bmP-JkHrrBIKwe__N80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Double date night for The Molly Ringwalds!!! (at House of Blues Orlando) https://www.instagram.com/p/CogMeeUsPGWnwDwc7CdhAq1deNTn6e9FtNtE0s0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Checking out what the ChickenJoy is all about. (at Jollibee in Orlando) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoBFl3-LN49WQTk1oeSnvlwNPIIxcpaYwXasm80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=