Damon spent his life doing the things he cared about with the people he cared about, he always had his priorities in order, and he helped the people around him realize what their priorities should be. That is true greatness, in my book.
December 10, 2021
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The fact my body (but my space! my bed! my stuff!) was so resistant initially actually became a selling point, as I started telling myself I was spoiled and complacent. I've trained myself to be suspicious of anything my body wants, and to habitually take things away just to prove I'm not addicted/reliant.
September 22, 2021
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Failure just happens to be an unavoidable byproduct of action. Failure also happens to be the best teacher we have, you just have to give her a chance and be willing to learn!
August 28, 2021
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Nathan McClallen, Athletic Director and Lead P.E. Teacher at Founders Classical Academy of Leander (TX) joins host Scot Bertram to discuss what a successful P.E. class looks like, how to put students in positions to succeed, and different ways to reach goals as a P.E. teacher.
January 4, 2021
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The best possible outcome of this analysis is "there was nothing I could have done differently or would do differently next time", and that outcome sucks. It's immeasurably frustrating to be in a never-ending battle against human frailty—entropy itself is rooting against you.
September 30, 2020
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Being filmed by a multi-person camera crew, taking instructions on which camera to look at and not look at, and doing all of this on a "set" was totally new to me, and it's something I never could have done a few years ago. Like, not even attempted, much less attempted poorly.
September 14, 2020
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I believe in free will, but I also see people getting manipulated all the time. The question isn't "is someone trying to manipulate me?", the question is "who is trying to manipulate me, and what do they want?" Usually they want money and power, that's normal. What if they want to sterilize you?
June 30, 2020
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Our first two years on campus together, we had History, P.E., lunch, study hall, Four Square Club, and Ultimate Frisbee Club, plus volleyball, basketball, and track & field. I remember getting reprimanded by our headmaster in the first few weeks of the first year for organizing an arm-wrestling tournament in the portables during *silent* study hall. I also remember who won.
June 12, 2020
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The point is simple: Marx is a compelling theorist and has legitimate critiques of capitalism, and there are large groups of educated, intelligent, good people who feel like Marx has their back in areas capitalism turns its back on. If you write him off, you are oversimplifying and underestimating Marxism.
May 14, 2020
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