Apr 9, 2022A Guide to the Meat Farms of (North) Central MassachusettsI suppose in retrospect it was a bit of a low-grade mid-life crisis. The kids being older meant more time to focus on health. My wife watched the documentary Food, Inc. with some gym friends and we resolved to buy as much farm meat vs. supermarket meat as we could…Worcester11 min readWorcester11 min read
Feb 22, 2022Saving Players from Themselves: The Decision to Sub Out Meikayla MooreIf you’re reading this, you undoubtedly know that, in the US Women’s National Team 5–0 victory over New Zealand in the She Believes Cup, three of those goals were own goals by New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore, two of which were in the first ten minutes of the game…Soccer5 min readSoccer5 min read
Aug 30, 2021More Ted Lasso Latin Motto DiscoveriesI get it. It’s lost its charm. It’s no longer amusing. Once fine, twice eh, but three times (thrice?)? Way too much. (For the record, the stats for my second installment vs. my first, 80 (literally, 80) views vs. 11,300 (actually) bear this out in stark and unavoidable terms. Though…Ted Lasso5 min readTed Lasso5 min read
Jul 26, 2021Ted Lasso Season 2 Doubles Down on its Latin Motto.Honestly. I feel like Ted Lasso (the show) is mocking me. Last year, I wrote a moderately successful (as Latin-focused pop culture articles go) piece about the Latin motto of Ted Lasso’s fictional AFC Richmond. …Ted Lasso4 min readTed Lasso4 min read
Sep 20, 2020The Latin Motto of AppleTV+’s Ted LassoAs a soccer coach and with a free trial to Apple TV+ I’ve been watching and enjoying Ted Lasso, about a bumbling (soccer-wise) but good-hearted (understatement) American football coach who is recruited to take the helm of the struggling EPL team AFC Richmond. I’ve been able, now four episodes in…Ted Lasso8 min readTed Lasso8 min read
Sep 5, 2020Why Do Teachers Have To Be #Teamanything?Why Can’t They Just Be #Teamcommonsense? So I notice now that Team #nopajamapolice is showing up as remote schooling starts up and teachers and schools grapple with whether or not rules of appearance should be imposed on students when they attend class remotely (via Zoom or similar). Implicit in the #nopajamapolice is the implication that Team…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Oct 16, 2017Using an Embedded Twitter List as a Do-NowOur assistant principal talked to us about the evaluation process and how his focus this year would be on the beginning of class and how class opened. …Twitter3 min readTwitter3 min read
Feb 3, 2017Accessorizing an iPad ProLast spring, I was able to pilot the (big) iPad Pro and loved it. The keyboard had a great feel and the size made it practically laptop like. But the key word there is practically. It wasn’t laptop enough to be a laptop and wasn’t iPad enough (largely because of…Apple5 min readApple5 min read
Dec 9, 2016Don’t Worry, Gianni. Problem Solved. Here’s How to Expand the World Cup.At the 2016 European Cup Championships, Italy was the surprise darling. Winning the first two games of their group against first Belgium and then Sweden, Italy entered the third game of their group with the confidence and ease of a team that believes in itself and the tactics of its…Euro 20165 min readEuro 20165 min read
Jul 27, 2016Your Typos Don’t Bother Me, But Your Whining DoesWritten from the Most Relaxed Setting Possible — Please Excuse Any Typos First there was email. Then there was texting. Then emailing from devices. Then the perhaps inevitable final step: the e-disclaimer, the disavowing of any responsibility for typos that frequently appears at the bottom smart phone emails. When the…Email4 min readEmail4 min read
