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Recently, my alma mater, The Baylor School, announced the retirement of the Headmaster, Scott Wilson. Scott was the Admissions Director when I entered Baylor, as a freshman. He is a great man and was a great Headmaster …
Okay, so 2018 and 2019 sucked pretty bad. In 2020, I have resolved to stop being a victim of circumstances... personal and professional. On the personal side, there was the aforementioned "Event" from back in 2018. S…
So, for a little over a year now, I've been dealing with a thing that has me feeling pretty dark about certain areas of my life. Initially, I thought I was dealing fairly well, and that time would be all that it took to…
At the behest of the wife of a close friend of mine, I joined a Facebook group related to the town in which I grew up. It was for entertainment purposes. She got a kick out of some of the pretentious arguments and subje…
At approximately 7:15pm, on Friday evening, June 28, 2019, my ex-mother-in-law, Carolyn Foley Varnell, passed away from cardiac complications resulting, likely, from years of smoking. Here's her obituary: Obituary for C…
I have a lot of emotions going right now. It's probably because I just got done watching a sad movie... A Star is Born. I'm out of town, missing my family. Also, our oldest dog, Callie, passed away the day before yester…