On Saturday, I spent the day at two separate charity events in Tallahassee. The first involved playing in a charity tennis tournament that benefits Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida. Each year, this charity, among its many programs, has a Christmas Connection drive, where it provides gifts and services to those in need. The tennis tournament […]
Reflections
2009: My Year in Review – Forever Young
Where did this year go? In 2009, I began the year with my January 13th birthday. Turning 31, I declared at my birthday party that “31 is the new 21.” By year’s end, that little joke would turn out to ring true. I got more competitive on the tennis court, I partied with musicians and […]
Caught the Spirit of the Suwannee
Yesterday, I spent the day at the Magnolia Music Festival, held at the “Spirit of the Suwannee” state music park. It couldn’t have been a more heavenly day – clear blue skies, temperature in the mid 70s, dropping to the mid 60s at night. Like much of northern Florida, the park hosts many live oak […]
Music, Tennis, and the Unseriousness of Human Affairs
The last two weeks have been incredible and has made me thankful for all the blessings God has continued to shower down on me. First, there is the gift of family and friends that I am always thankful for. But, let me get a little “unserious” for a minute. And I say “unserious” because I […]
2008: My Year in Review
What a year it has been. First, in January I moved to Tallahassee, Florida. What on God’s green earth would possess a Miami Hurricane fan to move to the land of the Florida State Seminoles? Well, I guess it was for liberty and to be a part of shaping the future of our sunshine state. […]
St. Thomas Aquinas: No. 1 Football Team in America
My alma mater, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, has earned the mythical national championship. All the polls are unanimous: the Raiders have secured the #1 national ranking after whooping Lakeland for back-t0-back Florida 5A State Championships. Here’s the full story: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-stthomas122208,0,2835269.story Get social with us!
Educating for Liberty University
Tonight, we held an ISI soiree at Liberty University – yes the Bapitst school founded by Jerry Falwell. An ISI Campus Representative, Nick, who is still a bit new to ISI put the soiree together in less than two weeks and it was very successful. About 30 people showed up, and about 7 of them […]
Hangin’ with the guys at Hampden-Sydney
So tonight I had dinner with our ISI Group at Hampden-Sydney College. The school has about 1100 students – all male. It’s only one of two all-male colleges in the country (that I know of – the other is Wabash in Indiana). They seem to be very well educated and they brought their faculty advisor […]
Scenes from Virginia Tech
Today, I took a really scenice drive down from Lexington, VA to Blacksburg, VA. Half way down or so, I stopped in Roanoke and ate lunch in the historic central market. Neat little town. I had a meatloaf sandwich and some fries topped with cajun flavoring. Good stuff. Bill Kauffman would be proud. I ate […]
ISI soiree at Washington & Lee
Tonight, we held an ISI soiree at Washington & Lee University. Three ISI professors put it together! Two of them collaborated on a lecture during the soiree on the subject “The Politics of the Great Books.” It was fascinating. One professor, Eduardo Velasquez (and ISI author of a forthcoming title, The Consumer’s Guide to the […]