Do you like to read? Did you enjoy reading when you were in school? Did you do well in classes that required a lot of reading? Do you read a newspaper? Do you make use of the local library?

This fall I have been writing a great deal about the Longwood Student Veterans organization and the work they have been doing to improve the transitional issues facing and affecting our returning OIF/OEF veterans. And recently, something struck me that I just have to share.

The Special Olympics World Winter Games Organizing Committee along with Coats and Clark have teamed up to provide athletes who attend the World Winter Games in Idaho with a personalized gift that would highlight the 'winter' portion of the games as well as serve a functional purpose. The project was originally started in 2007, prior to the 2008 games. The goal this year…
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In keeping with the spirit of the season, I’m pausing to reflect on what’s been good about sports this year. I didn’t think it would be an easy task, but surprisingly enough, I found a few things for which I am thankful. Here goes, in no particular order.

In 2007, when I learned that Mr. Know-it-All himself, Steven Hawking, had spent thirty years making an idiot of himself with a bogus black hole theory, I was thrilled. It was validating to know that even the most venerated (and egotistical) of us could be totally wrong. I prayed that if I were ever that wrong, it wouldn’t take me thirty years to admit it, and it hasn’t. I’ll say it loud and say it proud: I was wrong.

Despite our best efforts, we can't skirt everything we find unpleasant. We can put off going to the dentist, but sooner or later we have to face it. If I never had to go to Wal-Mart again, I wouldn't complain. When I face an unpleasant task, I try to remember those less fortunate. Lately I've been remembering Sean Glennon.