Iowa State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg didn’t hold back his displeasure towards social media during his press conference on Monday. After Iowa’s loss to Wisconsin, several Iowa fans typed out their frustrations at Hawkeye senior Zach McCabe. McCabe was called for a blocking foul (that could have gone the other way), and he air-balled a…
Tag: behavior
“Let Them Own It”
Recently, I’ve noticed how people are obsessed with getting revenge or demanding their recourse over things that have happened to them, or something that was said to them. They feel the urge to respond to everything angrily and emotionally. No wonder why we’re on a one-way trip to a nervous breakdown. This week, a 2…
Accepting “Good” and “Bad” Habits
If there was a picture of procrastination in the dictionary, a picture of me would accompany the term. I finally switched out my old PC and and started using my laptop at home Sunday evening. It was much easier than I thought it would be. Just because I know my way around a…
“Winning” is No Longer Funny
For the past two weeks, we have been subjected to the foilables and rancor from actor Charlie Sheen. From his public criticism of producer Chuck Lorre (from “Two and Half Men“) to spitting out amusing lines like “Adonis DNA” and the rage of the Twitter hash tags “#Winning”. This morning, Joe Winn from…
Parents need schooling as much as the kids do
Two college classmates and I were rehashing the annual Character Counts gala at the Hy-Vee Conference Center Friday night. The gala honored Indianapolis tight end and Livermore native Dallas Clark with the Bob Ray Pillar of Character award. The conversation segued into the Character Counts program in itself and how effective it is in the…
Civility Is Not Dead...Yet 