Meetings. At best they are a necessary evil. At worst they are a soul-crushing waste of your time. The goal of any successful meeting should be to stay on topic and get out as fast as possible. Sadly, most don’t turn out that way, often because there is at least one person in attendance who…
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I’ve been a baseball fan since the age of eight. I used to watch ballgames all the time, but I don’t as much anymore. When I do have a game on, it’s often background noise while I’m doing something else. It’s sad. I’m one fan, but the data shows baseball is in trouble with more…
Somewhere west of Tallahassee on I-10, there’s a billboard letting travelers know they are only 162 miles away from Buc-ee’s. Unless you live in Texas, odds are you don’t know how big a deal this is. If you’ve never heard of them, imagine that somehow your local Quick-E-Mart chain (Wawa, 7-11, Circle K, etc.) and…
There are several historical events I wish I could have seen firsthand. The Apollo 11 mission is at or near the top of that list. Thanks to the documentary feature of the same name, I was able to experience the next best thing. The film uses previously unseen footage from the NASA archives along with…
Before college, my movie knowledge mainly consisted of features made after Star Wars and anything by Disney. I cured this ignorance during my freshman year at the University of Florida when I saw a series of films by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. These classics were an eye-opening lesson to the fact that great…
Last year, Florida voters amended the state constitution to ban greyhound racing after December 31st, 2020. I didn’t vote for it, but I sympathize with the reasons behind it. The sport has been dying for decades, so the end of greyhound racing was just a matter of time anyway. Since it has been an interesting…
It is all too easy to get stuck in the rut of everyday life and not experience anything outside the small triangle of ground between your house, office, and the nearest supermarket. Taking a road trip is an eye-opening way to help you see the world in a wholly new way. It can be hard…