Coronapocalypse – Part V

We have moved into April with no real plan on when the social distancing and stay-at-home orders with be lifted. It is apparent that it will be in place for all of April but every day there is talk that it may be the middle of May, June or even July… 😦 Day 17 – […]

Coronapocalypse – Part IV

During the last update, Lawrence along with Douglas County had issued a stay-at-home order but by the end of this week, the governor will have issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state of Kansas. In previous posts I have referred to these days as the New Normal, but it wasn’t until this week when […]

Coronapocalypse – Part III

When last we left off, the governor of Kansas had just shut down schools for the reminder of the school year. By the end of this post, Douglas County will have followed the leads of New York, California and Johnson County, KS by issuing a “stay-at-home” order. Day 5 – Wednesday, March 18, 2020 High […]

Coronapocalypse – Part II

Day 2 – Sunday, March 15th, 2020 Sunday Morning WWF & The Egg Hunt My brother Mike and I loved to watch WWF wrestling every Sunday morning at 10 AM. Too often though, our mother would insist we leave the house prior to the end of the hour-long mania so we could get to Mass […]

Coronapocalypse – Part I

The Last Handshake – Prologue On Wednesday, March 11th, my professor emerged from the conference room where I had just spent the previous 90 minutes defending my dissertation and said, “Are we still shaking hands?” “Yes,” I said, “for now.” My professor then extended his hand and said, “Congratulations, Dr. DeWitt!” and gave me a […]

#FreeSilvio

“I messed up and I am sorry” – Silvio De Sousa, January 22, 2020 Yeah, you did mess up Silvio and I wish you wouldn’t have picked up that stupid stool. Not that I was worried you were going to use it on someone, but because it allowed people to look at a single image […]

Delusional Parent Disorder

If you are like me and have active teenagers that are involved in high school sports then you have probably spent a lot of nights in gyms or at fields supporting your child. For the most part, the activities that my children are involved with are what I would call “objective sports” where achievements are […]

March (Tom Izzo was so Mad!)ness

For context, I will explain to you that March Madness is the name for the NCAA basketball tournament that begins every year in March. I hope you knew that. The one-and-done nature of this national championship played out over 3 weeks every spring creates a days long, non-stop basketball frenzy where business production decreases and […]

One of My Lessons Learned from Covington: Our First Job is to Teach

Blogging and writing are out of my element so excuse the poor grammar, but the events involving Covington Catholic High School at our national’s capital this past weekend have been a curious study in who we have become as a community. The original image that first emerged from the media was disturbing. A white, privileged, Catholic, […]