It’s easy to be kind
I had a lot of links pulled aside for a post on cancel culture today. Cancel culture isn’t the desire to see someone like Bill…
Author: Josh Shear
Ethics and support: What do you want from media?
The opinions herein are mine, not my employer’s. This statement is original to the post, not forced by my employer after the fact. Edited to…
Go the distance
I’m running again. Training. Another half marathon, in November, if COVID doesn’t keep us from running it. I suppose if it does, I’ll run the…
Prying apart the sides: George Washington on our current situation
We’re coming up on the Fourth of July, Independence Day here in the U.S. Whether to wear a mask during a pandemic is a political…
What do we want? Applying SMART goals to police protests, COVID and more
One of the things frequently discussed in the motivational and self-help spaces is goal-setting. Even if you don’t sit down and do it as an…
Attack of the black squares: On virtue signaling, rebuilding and actual work
One of the things I thought would go away with our COVID quarantines was manufactured offense. We were taking care of each other, 10 short…
Perspective: When things get weird, how weird are you willing to get?
In the film “Men in Black II,” there’s a scene involving some other-worldly residents of a locker at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.…
George Floyd and COVID-19: Land of the …
Note: It takes a while to get there, but this is a post about the death of George Floyd and the resulting demonstrations across the…
Learn to shift: Lessons from Nintendo
I recently learned that Nintendo — you remember Nintendo, right? Super Mario Brothers? Duck Hunt? Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A,…
Explore
I was out for a walk with the kiddo and the pupper recently when I saw something that I forgot I hadn’t seen in a…