Football feels weird to watch. On one hand, damn the NFL for blocking over a decades worth of concussion. On the other hand, Go Birds.

I did the thing you’re not supposed to do; I googled my symptoms. If you haven’t read my last post, that’s probably a good place to start. The TL:DR is that two Saturdays ago I fainted and wound up in the hospital for a few days and don’t really still fully understand why. I’ve always need to understand the why; it’s more than just curiosity, it's like an itch I physically cannot NOT scratch. The longer it sits, the longer it drives me bonkers

On Tuesday August 25, 2026, I sat in a hospital bed reading about a medical study published earlier that day that had made it to the front page of the New York Times: Major Study Finds at Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Get Brain Disease. A brain disease that, in spite of not being an NFL player, I was fairly certain was the cause of the acute fainting episode that had landed me in the hospital over two days prior.

A public letter that circulated widely in 2021, that helped to advocate for more equitable consideration of the role of internships in the arts, especially at well endowed organizations.