Hindsight

My wife is out with some of her friends on a "Girl's Night Out". I think they went to Channelside to have dinner and get into mischief. Hopefully she doesn't get into too much mischief.

William crashed out early tonight and I am dreading having to wake him up and bathe and feed him. He looks peaceful rocking back and forth in his swing.

Sometimes I scoot around the interwebs and check up on old friends to see how they're doing. You see, the telephone and I...well let's just say that I would call the phone an acquaintance rather than a friend. Some might even say that I am a "bad phone talker". So I don't call anyone, usually. Okay I call some people (you know who you are) but on the whole I am, or have become, introverted (phone wise). Back to my point, I was a bit surprised to find out how little some of my old friends have changed. Now, before you get all, "I change, I grow and change every day" I'm not talking about anyone who reads this blog (conveniently) I'm talking about people I have not seen or talked to in years. I go onto their myface and spacebook pages and, wow, favorite music...the same, favorite pastimes...the same, and that quote from that movie that came out in 1999, yeah, still there.

Hmm. Before you think I am just sniping people for being consistent with their tastes let me say that consistency is good. But so is growing and changing. Growth is good. A few new favorites are ok. So are some new friends and sometimes even ways of thinking.

I'm 33 now. It's unbelievable how much my life has changed throughout the years. I think that's why I like working with kids because I remember what is was like in the 7th and 8th grade. How tough it was to be "cool" when I wore plastic framed glasses that almost hid my eyebrows. Not that I'm "cool" now but every experience of my (still young) life has shaped me, even the unpleasant times.

Share life with people. We all have it, that catalogue of experiences, emotions, and sensations that we can use to empathize with one another and build one another up. Use "you" to encourage those who are in a place in their life that you've already been in, help them navigate. Not pontificating, but giving, giving of us to help others. Not "be warmed and filled" but "hey, man, here's something real that I can share with you."

Take care.




PS
(I am cool actually)

(Just kidding)

(No I'm not, I really am cool)

November

Well, it's been a while. I don't like updating my blog once a month but it looks like that's how it worked this time.

Basketball season is in full swing and we have seven more practices before our home opener. We have been implementing the same offense that the Memphis Tigers ran last year, the dribble-drive offense. It's got good symmetry and lets your players be players. It also puts alot of emphasis on your players making good reads and reacting to the defense so we'll see how our players handle it.

I heard on Oprah the other day that some of her staff get together before every show and pray for President-Elect Obama. I wonder if they did that for President Bush? I'm just sayin'...

I've been posting a bit on some writing blogs which is great practice and helps keeps the writing skills sharp, but also reduces the post on AAUM (this blog). I also threw a post up on Absolute Write and I recieved alot of positive feedback.

I watched sports for most of the day today (Michigan won) rested and played with my son. I love Saturday.

TTYL