“Where is your other sock? How is it possible to only have one?” I said incredulously to my 7-year-old. “I’m going to start waking you up at 5 a.m.” It was 7:45 a.m. Her backpack was half-zipped, she was not wearing a jacket in 40-degree weather, and the snack I packed for her expedition to […]
Would You Rather…? Yep. This question was a big part of the Olympic viewing experience at our house. Would you rather have no training and compete in the Skeleton OR Ski Jump? Personally, I’m going Skeleton all the way here. Sure, it would be moderately terrifying to go that fast, but worst case you roll […]
Happy New Year! I hope you had a great break and are ready for school to kick back off. Okay, well, one out of two ain’t bad. Today’s Disclaimers: Today’s post is for high school seniors. If you are not a senior, you are still welcome to read it. This post acknowledges the presence of […]
One of the first people I met when I came to Georgia Tech as an admission counselor was Robin Wilburn, or “Ms. Robin” as we all call her. Back then we did not read applications by geographic territory but rather by alphabet. So while I traveled to recruit students in various parts of Georgia and […]
My wife called last week to tell me some horrible news. No. She’s not leaving me. Actually, far worse. “Our daughter has lice.” “Oh crap.” “No. Lice. She has to leave school.” “Okay. Got it.” Since my wife works at a hospital, she can’t leave at a moment’s notice, so I started packing my bag […]