The Speed Of Trust

The Speed Of Trust

What is something that you first must give before you can keep? (Dramatic pause) It’s your word, of course. Easier Said When you give someone your word it is up to you to keep it, not them. It’s a kind of a funny paradox that might be caused by the bizarre...
The Good Kind Of Contagious

The Good Kind Of Contagious

In a post-COVID world, hearing the word contagious might cause you to suddenly go quiet, your head to tilt to one side, and your eye to start twitching, but that’s a risk we’re going to have to take. All things contagious are not all bad. No, I don’t want to catch...
Tactical Decision Making

Tactical Decision Making

Domestics are volatile, dangerous, and frustrating. Screaming and shattering glass was about all that we had to go on while en route to the call — limited information was par for the course. The white clapboard triple-decker apartment building was like three...
Guarding The President’s Air And Being A Team Player

Guarding The President’s Air And Being A Team Player

Not everyone can say that they kept the leader of the free world alive. I don’t take the fact that I protected the President of the United States and defended freedom and democracy very lightly. Sometimes, it’s even hard to talk about. But now is not one of those...
One-Trick Ponies And The Seniority Myth

One-Trick Ponies And The Seniority Myth

To be completely honest, I’ve never seen a pony do a single trick. Not one. Ever. Unless standing around grazing in the grass is a trick or being tethered to a turnstyle at the county fair and walking in circles with a small child on its back. Eating grass or walking...