Year in Review

Ah, 2009. It’s nearly over, which means I thought it was time for the obligatory “year in review” post. My first instinct is to say that 2009 was a good year – and by all accounts, it certainly was. It started off on a high note when I officially graduated from grad school after doing [...]

Love List 2009

In many ways, 2009 was the year of the Love List. Even before I knew about the idea of a love list, it seems I was already moving in that direction. A lot of the decisions I made earlier this year seemed to push me towards doing things that I loved. I’ve written twice before [...]

Quid Pro Quo

We make mistakes. We’re human. It’s what we do. We’re fallible and sometimes, we screw up. We do the wrong thing, at the wrong time, in the wrong place. It doesn’t make us bad people. It simply makes us human. We also apologize for our mistakes, especially if those mistakes hurt or offended someone. This [...]