My First Summit on the Air
All the isolation from the COVID-19 quarantine has been driving me a little crazy, and I knew I really needed to get out of the house. I’ve always loved hiking, and I’ve been enjoying ham…
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New normal: losing your vision
I recently was interviewed by ABC4 to discuss my challenges with blindness. You can watch the video below: You can also read the full story at ABC4 here.
Life’s little adventures
Today was a rough day. Yesterday I had another vision exam that quantified just how much worse my eyes have gotten since last time. While the results were not surprising, given I have a degenerative…
It’s never too early for training
This was a speech given by me at the open house of the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 23, 2018. Hi. My name is…
Diagnosis: Retinitis Pigmentosa
Friday, February 2nd, 2018 began like any other. The end of another workweek, another week of the tedium of routine normal life; a day for taking care of errands. As I drove to a routine…
A Visit to Trim Castle
I am in Dublin, Ireland this week to visit my company’s local office in Dun Laoghaire. After flying in yesterday morning and arriving at the bright early hour of 5 am, I needed something interesting to…
Reality is complicated; quit rushing to judgment, America
The media coverage surrounding the recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana and the outrage and vitriol spread over social media illustrate a growing problem within our modern society. People feel qualified after reading a…
Gay Marriage and the Limits of Federal Power
Today in Salt Lake City a federal judge struck down Amendment 3, the Utah state ban on gay marriage, declaring that it violated a fundamental constitutional right of homosexuals to marry. The issue of gay…
The lunacy of the “red line” in Syria
President Barack Obama is facing criticism because he has backed off on his talk of a “red line” when it comes to Assad’s regime using chemical weapons against his own people now that there is…
Legalize Chocolate! Free the Kinder Eggs!
Get caught smuggling Italian chocolate eggs into the United States and you’ll face a fine of $2500 per egg. That’s right, $2500 per piece of chocolate. Kinder Surprise Eggs are an inexpensive and fun…