by danweedin | Nov 23, 2020 | Extra Points, Random Digressions
Listen: I want to interrupt this weekly missive to take the time and express some thanks this week. None of us saw this year materializing the way it did at this time last year. It certainly might have been easier to be thankful last November. Those of you...
by danweedin | Nov 3, 2020 | Random Digressions
This is the 10th Presidential Election I’ve voted in during my life. To say it’s unique would be an understatement. What’s evident is that this won’t be a one-day, Super Bowl style event where victory for one candidate will be clear, and where activities and rhetoric...
by danweedin | Sep 7, 2020 | Extra Points, Random Digressions
This is a Labor Day holiday like none other in my lifetime. You may be saying the same thing… The concept of “labor” now becomes even more emphasized. We’ve gone from a culture and society (at least in North America and much of the first-world countries around the...
by danweedin | Aug 31, 2020 | Extra Points, Random Digressions
“Hey. It’s my damn crosswalk!” That’s the exact thought that went through my head (although with a different adjective, which has been changed for the sake of a PG rating…). I went for my Saturday morning run and took a regular route through a main area of my city...
by danweedin | Aug 26, 2020 | Podcasts, Random Digressions
My September column for The Kitsap Sun… What’s your opinion? Social media has brought a whole new meaning to the op-ed. Opinion-Editorials long were the mouthpiece for journalists, academics, and experts in the pages of local, regional, and...
by danweedin | Aug 17, 2020 | Balance, Extra Points, Random Digressions
Let’s be honest, social media has brought a whole new meaning to the op-ed. I don’t mind it. In fact, I’m more than game to have a discussion on my social media platforms. That being said, sometimes the responses are filled with caustic comments, extraneous...
