Please help me get comments for my FSG blog post

To everyone who reads this blog (I honestly have no idea who read this thing, but Google analytics tells me that people do)...

I just wrote my first blog post for FSG (the firm I work for) in their Education & Youth content area.  The topic is "Why Education Reformers Need Empathy."  The concept is simple: as more outsiders (i.e. those who haven't spent their entire lives teaching) adopt the label of "education reformer," we should ask ourselves if these people (myself included) have enough empathy to truly understand what goes on in a classroom, and in the education system as a whole.  It's a question that matters, and I'd love to hear your opinion.

So, if you have a moment, please read the blog post by clicking here and make a comment after your done reading.  Comments can be small or big - doesn't matter.

Thanks in advance.

My Bike Ride Today

Today I went on a solo ride from my apartment, through the Presidio, across the Golden Gate Bridge, then westward up toward the Marin headlands.  The next ride I'll go further into the Headlands.  This is why I live in San Francisco.

View of Chrissy Field from the edge of the Presidio:

This is what I wrote up (and then down).  I've always wanted to do this ride just to get to coast all the way down.  The ride up actually wasn't that bad... just went into a really low gear and pedaled steadily up the hill.

Old School... Parties, Summertime, and Chillin

I haven't posted to my blog in a while.  So there's this...

"It's long overdue, but now Philly's slammin'.  Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD.  The East Coast family..."
(a remastered version is available on Spotify, by the way)



And this...

"It's Friday night and I feel alright.  The party's here on the West Side.  So I reach for my 40 and I turn it up, designated driver take the keys to my truck..."


And because I can't help myself...

"Guys out huntin and girls doin' likewise, honkin' at the honey in front of you with light eyes..."



And why not... perhaps my favorite song of all time

"Just wakin' up in the morning gotta thank God, I don't know but today seems kinda odd.  No barkin' from the dogs, no smog.  And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog."