The 2013–2014 basketball season was looking grim for the Kentucky Wildcats. They'd suffered some hard losses, including home losses to Florida and Arkansas, and a disheartening defeat at South Carolina after Coach John Calipari was ejected from the game. Despite being loaded with talent, Kentucky was not playing the elite level basketball the program is famous for. Just before the SEC Tournament, John Calipari made the now-famous "tweak." While it seemed like a change to Andrew Harrison's game, the tweak was also about what he did for his teammates.

Constructive criticism that isn't constructive, that doesn't move the project forward, is just criticism.

Mental illness is a scary topic for a lot of people to talk about, and one that many people aren't familiar with. It's likely that you know more than one person who lives with a chronic mental disorder, or has coped with it in the past. If you don't work alone, it's likely you work with someone who does. The way we address mental illness in the American workplace is costly. Between disability leave, presenteeism, and the toll on one's health from suffering in silence, the cost of avoiding this issue is high and heavy. We spend a large portion of our waking lives at work. For the sake of our friends, family and colleagues, let's talk about mental illness in the workplace.

It seems like I end up in Minnesota several times a year. Last weekend, I had the pleasure of joining Bethany and Derek on their wedding day. I have known Bethany for about 9 years, so when she asked me to shoot her wedding, it was easy to say yes. It was an exciting day, with perfect weather in a beautiful place!

You know when you're in a rut and you feel like you've hit the bottom of the bucket without a single good idea? Or maybe you feel like you're starting at the bottom of the bucket? It's so frustrating feeling that stuck, especially when you're under a looming deadline. You may think that your ticket out is in nowhere to be found, but the truth is, it's in your head. And potentially in your gas tank.

I am currently working on a website for a church. I'm in the process of writing copy that informs potential visitors of what a service is like at this church. In the process of describing each service, I was reminded of an uncomfortable situation in which I found myself in awhile back.

At the end of February, I headed two hours down the road to Omaha to see Jessica Hische speak. A snowstorm rolled through the state, so I booked a hotel in Council Bluffs just in case the roads were a mess. I checked in, got settled, and got ready to go 20 minutes west to Omaha.

This week has been a wonderful kind of mad. I started it off on Sunday perfecting my portfolio for a Wednesday morning interview. It was more like a Smunday, because I didn't go to sleep till 4:30 on Monday morning. When Monday restarted around 8:30am, I got my resumes to press, and they came back looking dapper. Tuesday, I took a breather, because Smunday and Monday, while enjoyable and exciting, they were pretty intense. Wednesday started off with one of the best, most enjoyable interviews I've ever had, if not the best. I can't say I've ever walked away from an interview so excited for a job opportunity. For the remainder of Wednesday up till the present, I've been working on some new stuff for Harvest Vineyard Church. So without further ado, the letter P: inspired by the paragraph symbol.

Two weeks of drop caps were missing and now they're not. And they happen to spell one of my favorite words: NO. I'm about 57% kidding on that. Moving on. I think I'm getting better at these. The N makes me think of a fancy sushi joint. The O makes me think of the ocean (hey, O is for Ocean! I know that because I passed the third grade). I can't tell if the curl on the inside looks 3D or not, and I can't tell if that works. I think I have to take a break from looking at it, and then look at it some more. Either way, I'm satisfied with what I'm coming up with now, where I really felt like I was grasping at straws when I started this.. I think I might do another alphabet after I'm done with this one.