Here’s some daily art. Jeff Smith, who works in the WNBA, celebrated a birthday this weekend. As a gift, his family commissioned me to come up with a caricature. Enjoy.
June 20, 2011
Some Daily Art
May 26, 2011
May 21, 2011
I RUPTURED MY ACHILLES
On Monday April 25, 2011 I ruptured my Achilles tendon. It was the day after Easter. I was shooting around on the basketball court. I ran across the court, approximately 10 feet. I turned and did a little jab step with my right foot and my Achilles exploded. The doctor at the emergency room called it a ‘rupture’. The pain was definitely along the lines of an ‘explosion’. I knew right away what it was. Later in the day, I thought, if this is what child birth feels like. All praise to woman.
Just so you know, I have always used basketball as an offseason workout. It’s been great for my leg strength and lateral movement. I have been guilty of playing basketball like a madman. Not stretching out and playing physical. This wasn’t that day. On April 25, before doing anything I stretched out my hamstrings, knees and Achilles. And the game I played really can’t be defined as basketball. It was a bunch of kids shooting around on a half court. That’s what makes my injury even more baffling. I don’t recall any strain or pain in my Achilles. I had been working out regularly and felt good.
I’m 43 and it was time. I’m just as young as I used to be.
I didn’t want to make my Fouls and Violations website the forum for my Achilles injury. But after some thought, I realized there are a few sports officials who have had this injury. Unfortunately, there will be quite a few who will encounter this injury at some point in your career.
This is three and half weeks since I tore my Achilles. I had my surgery on May 2nd. I will attempt to document my journey to recovery.
Safe traveling
Being Wrong
Being wrong isn't fatal, it's merely something we'd prefer to avoid. We have the privilege of being wrong. Not being wrong on purpose, of course, but wrong as a cost on the way to being right.
Seth Godin
Seth Godin
May 10, 2011
Quote of the Day
"Relationships improve when the person being listened to feels understood, empathically listened to, and not judged."
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers
May 9, 2011
CHEATER!
“Cheater!” That’s what a fan called me after I called a blocking foul. I didn’t know the coaches, the players, or the fans. I never met the player’s parents or their cousins. The tournament was in the Bronx. I’m a kid from Brooklyn. The only connection I had to anyone at the game was with the guy who ran the tournament. That conversation lasted 30 seconds on the phone a week prior to the game. So you see, there was NO connection to anyone affiliated with the game. But at 5:50 of the first quarter at a 4th grade kids game …I was a “Cheater.”
April 20, 2011
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