Monday, November 26, 2018
Sellin' Popcorn
I was a Boy Scout at the beginning of the 1995-96 school year. Why I left is a long story. What I'm going to blog about right now is the fundraising my peers and I did. We sold popcorn. I went in my neighborhood and sold a ton. Selling popcorn was a great idea. Wrapping paper is a common fundraiser,...
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Get a Lawyer?
February 2008. The morning after I sent my "You failed me" email to Sally Warner, I found myself with an email from Loyola College's Dean of Student Development, Dr. William Tresper. He wanted to meet with me concerning the email I sent to Sally. I was concerned when I saw the mail. The first...
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Monday, November 19, 2018
Picking Up a Friend
Thomas is a high functioning adult at one of the houses I visit at The Agency. Sometimes, he takes an MTA bus at 2:45 that runs to the work center while his housemates are picked up at around 3 p.m. Last Wednesday, the bus never showed, and Thomas didn't think to go with his housemates, even though...
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Friday, November 16, 2018
"You Failed Me"
February 2008. The Spring 2008 semester went on by. I kept thinking about how I wanted to engage in a war of words with Sally Warner. All I was doing was thinking. Tomorrow would be the day I would email Sally. Tomorrow was not showing up. Outside of a quick January 1st email that did not develop...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Soda Bag
Steve Libertore was a high school peer of mine for nearly two years. I never talked much to Steve. With an irritated look on his face, he gave off the feeling that he did not like you. I sat next to him during math lecture for about half of sophomore year. Steve did not make it through sophomore...
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