On November 12th, I was recognized as one of Syracuse's 40 Under 40.  It's an event put on by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University to honor Syracuse area professionals for their successes in various fields and community involvement (and are, obviously, under the age of 40).  I know, it sounds so... serious and grown up, doesn't ( Read more... )

Reposted from my hot1079.com page - not everyone reads both pages, and this meant a lot to me, so ( Read more... )

One of my most memorable classes at Syracuse University was Philosophy 191 with Dr. Laurence Thomas, not just because he was a great professor but because it was one of the few classes that has an immediate application to the real world. I'm not going to use Italian history (except on Jeopardy) or 18th century poetry (except to impress girls), but ( Read more... )

A writer once dreamed an entire poem, word for word, line for line. When he awoke, he remembered all of it and furiously began copying it down on paper. He transcribed the words perfectly and was on the last stanza when his wife came in and asked what he wanted for breakfast. His train of thought broken, the writer lost that last stanza from the ( Read more... )