Joe Paterno’s statue is coming down today.
I am not a Penn State alumni, so I don’t have a personal or emotional stake in this, but I do have opinions.
My opinions are coming to focus in on where our fiduciary duties as leaders in
One of the consequences (perks) of dating the sports dude is that the NFL Network (or ESPN, or Fox Sports) is constantly streaming in the house. If it wasn’t, I would not have awoken from a mid-day nap on August 7th to Emmit Smith’s incredibly inspiring induction speech (video, or read transcript)
I’ve blogged on a few “personal responsibility” issues of late, here and here.
I think the story of Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga and Umpire Jim Joyce‘s blown call, costing Mr. Galarraga a perfect game, is a great example of the power of “I’m sorry.”
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Listening to Mr. Joyce last night I
I have a favorite band, The Airborne Toxic Event. They’ve achieved fame and a lot of airplay for their song, Sometime Around Midnight. They’ve performed on Letteman and Jimmy Kimmel Live. They have more than 38,000 fans on Facebook (yes, I’m still calling them “fans”). [caption id=”” align=”alignright” width=”302″ caption=”Organ at Disney