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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>On a lot of things, actually. This blog, for starters, I haven’t updated in almost two weeks, almost\u00a0an eternity,\u00a0seeing\u00a0that\u00a0so much has happened. I met David Martin from “60 Minutes,” Emily Yoffe from Slate and The Atlantic, and Didi Schanche from NPR,\u00a0Marty Barron from the Washington Post, and Dean Banquet from the New York Times; I SAW Senators Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, and Lindsey Graham; I said HI to Sean Hannity\u00a0and Tucker Carlson (who responded with an “\u00a1Hola!” of all things); and I strained my hip muscle at gymnastics practice doing too many cartwheels . . . .\u00a0That last one was by far the worst thing that happened to me. For about a week, I barely could run, but now I’m\u00a0almost 100 percent again, and feeling freer than a bald eagle on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n
At the Columbus Dispatch, I’ve written about all sorts of things, from South Korean washing machines\u00a0and a congressional committee on NASA to the reauthorization of early detection of hearing loss\u00a0in children and the\u00a0dilemma that millions of Americans now face due to the Equifax breach.<\/p>\n
But I swear, even though I’ve been caught up in all this\u00a0new fangled politicking, I’m\u00a0staying grounded by doing things I love and getting my ego taken down by friends and acquaintances. For one thing, I’ll never get away from my one journalism classmate’s vegan jokes (which, by the way, are hilarious); and singing at Mass\u2014oh, man, singing at Mass\u2014is one of the most nerve-wracking experiences of my young life. I’m not horrible, but let’s just say you wouldn’t catch me doing it without accompaniment.<\/p>\n
What else? Tutoring at CentroN\u00eda with my student makes my weekend. I’ve tutored the kid\u00a0only twice, and it amazes me\u00a0what the kid\u00a0picks. I went over phonetics and common and proper nouns with the kid’s barely batting an eye, and this kid’s supposed to have only a first grade reading level. Vocab holds him back, as do certain syllable combinations, but that’ll get better in time.<\/p>\n
I got kind of lazy with Odyssey articles (CHLOE, I’M SORRY!), but I finally\u00a0submitted my article about\u00a0the interview with Bullet Journal’s inventor Ryder Carroll\u2014look out for that\u00a0arriving shortly. I’m going to the gym more often now, so I work off all the\u00a0quinoa and potatoes I’ve been chowing down.<\/p>\n
Sadly, I have to announce that I will no longer be rapping, drawing, or writing creatively\u00a0under the name Michael Dulman. In today’s day and age, the things\u00a0I post\u00a0online could\u00a0ruin any future I have in the public sector, so I guess people will never\u00a0read or hear me on the rap stage.\u00a0Then again, if Kanye\u00a02020 is a thing, maybe I\u00a0won’t have to throw away my shot.<\/p>\n
I think these week-(give or take two)-in-review posts come off a lot better than the every-other-day posts. I don’t have to squeeze each\u00a0day for a ton of interesting\u00a0content, and viewing everything from a greater perspective feels more fun. Until next week!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>