Harbaugh, Ragnar, Spite & Forgiveness

Do not be deceived…a man reaps what he sows. So says the Epistle to the Galatians… and more recently Jim Harbaugh on twitter. Do not be deceived. You will reap what you sow. — Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) January 4, 2016 What has the Michigan head football coach so up in arms that he’s quoting scripture? […]

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You Got a Tribe?

How many friends do you have? In the social media age that word friend gets watered down a lot. Facebook allows you a maximum of 5000, while a recent scientific study indicates the most you can realistically have is 150. Personally I’d aim even lower. I don’t need 150 or even 50 friends, I need […]

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Life Advice from Vodka Samm

The time has come to do a little peacocking. Not for everyone of course, only the select few affiliated with the University of Iowa.  For them it is time to puff out those chests and grab their horns and prepare to toot them. Why is the showboat rolling down the Iowa River you ask? It […]

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Tweeting Tongues of Fire

I love that my cell phone has an “ignore” button. You get a call and your options are to answer it, reply by text or ignore.  It speaks to the priority we place on our personal interactions in 2013.  Such a feature could only come to be in the Information Age.  It’s the kind of […]

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Regret, Death and Bueller

A wise man once said. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while… you could miss it.” Of course that legendary philosopher is none other than the venerable Ferris Bueller– a prophetic visionary who spiced up everything he touched, converting the mundane into the magical. Bueller squeezed every […]

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