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On Vacation
I’ll be taking some time off for vacation, but the Reservoir of Ideas will be replenished again later in the summer.
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Lightnin’ Hopkins to the Rescue
Listen to this article: I was introduced to R.E.M. my freshman year in college. They played at Page Auditorium on campus about a month into the school year. The guy in the dorm room next door spent the rest of the semester practicing the bass part for “Radio Free Europe.” Read more
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Mondegreen Pastures
Listen to this article: One of the most frequently quoted passages in the Bible, especially at funerals, is the 23rd Psalm. It comforts those who are mourning, reassuring them of God’s presence even through life’s most difficult times. Except that’s not how I understood it growing up. In fact, I Read more
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100 Articles and Counting
Listen to this article: Just over two and a half years ago, I was among those who were invited by my former employer to explore free agency and/or retirement. I knew that I still had more to say and more to share. The Reservoir of Ideas has provided that forum Read more
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AI Model Proliferation and a Sunday Afternoon at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Listen to this article: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a technology develop and expand and proliferate this quickly. Remember back in the ancient days of 2023 when it was pretty much just ChatGPT? Did you notice the following year when Microsoft added Copilot into many of its products and Read more
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The Games of the First Data & Analytics Olympiad
Listen to this article: In accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world and all of you here tonight to assemble four years from now in the French Alps, to celebrate with all of us the twenty-sixth Olympic Winter Games. See you all in 2030. Grazie mille. Read more
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A Peanut Butter Cup Christmas
Listen to this article: Sometimes, the most meaningful presents aren’t the ones that were on the list. I’ve led a tremendously blessed life. I suspect that most of us have. Growing up, my brother Greg and I would wait with anticipation for Christmas morning to see how much of our Read more
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22 Seconds: A St. Jude Marathon Weekend Recap
Listen to this article: This year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is in the books. I come into the half-marathon each year with three goals. The first is to finish. The second is to finish in less than three hours. The third is to improve my time from the previous Read more
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In Gratitude: Kiel & KSB
Listen to this article: It’s a Thanksgiving dinner tradition in most families, where each person around the table shares something that they’re thankful for. Toward the top of just about everyone’s list are “family and friends.” We had a house rule where thankfulness for family and friends was taken as Read more
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A 50-Yard Dash
Listen to this article: Each spring in elementary school, as soon as the weather turned nice enough to be outside, we would start the Physical Fitness unit in Gym class, culminating in the Presidential Physical Fitness Award tests. I’m sure that many of you remember practicing pull-ups or flexed-arm hang, Read more