I remember where I was on October 25, 1998. I was babysitting my one-year-old niece Jaycie while Sister #2 labored away giving birth to my nephew Maxwell. When we got that call that he was…
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October 25
Today is my nephew Maxwell’s birthday. He’s 13 now, and navigating that prickly, hormone-filled line known as adolescence. He’s become the kind of kid who loves Sasquatch, playing Minecraft, Internet memes, and quoting Monty Python….
The best thing to lose sleep over
This was the view from the desk at the Continuing Education building on the UofM campus in St. Paul. A few of the things I witnessed during the seventeen hours I was perched behind the…
Shine on til tomorrow
I don’t often mix my professional life into the stew that is I Will Dare. But right now I have to make an exception. The plane Luke Bucklin, President and CEO of The Nerdery, was…