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A Story of my Health

Health is aspect of our lives we probably have all taken for granted. I sure did, until I got sick. Essay I wrote to my doctor in 2018 When I first got my sickness diagnosed, I said to myself that I am broken and I will always be broken.
Last updated on Aug 22, 2021 2 min read

Criminal Justice

Data/Websites/Articles The Marshall Project Prison Policy Initiative CNN - 6/8/20 NYT - Is Prison Necessary? - 4/17/19 The Stanford Open Policing Project Police Data Initiative
Last updated on Aug 20, 2020 1 min read

Formula One

My interest in Motorsports began when I went to the Long Beach Grand Prix. The sound of the engines coming around the hairpin and then shooting down Ocean Boulevard was captivating.
Last updated on Jan 22, 2021 1 min read

Games

Backgammon I never played backgammon my entire life until the October 1, 2018, when my wife and I bought our fist board, a Crisloid. Ever since then backgammon has been my favorite game.
Last updated on Aug 20, 2020 4 min read

Hiking and Backpacking

I love to be outside in the mountains and forests. Losing myself in their freedom and beauty fills me with gratitude and amazement. Being outdoors uplifts my spirit and inspires me.
Last updated on Jan 22, 2021 1 min read

My Wanderings

These are the places that I have called Home. Saginaw, Michigan is my birthplace and my hometown through high school. Ann Arbor, Michigan is where I went to University. I also lived and worked there for a couple years, owning and operating a restaurant with my wife.
Last updated on Jan 22, 2021 1 min read

OER Statistic Textbooks

My List of Textbooks ModernDive - Statistical Inference via Data Science : A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse Statistical Thinking for the 21st Century Other Professor’s Courses MSE 125 Applied Statistics, Sharad Goel, Stanford Engineering
Last updated on Jun 13, 2020 2 min read

Reggae

Reggae music for me, started with the sweet music of Bob Marley and Wailers. It was a 6 album set by JAD of early Bob Marley and the Wailers 1967-72. A few years later, a friend invited me to see the Wailers play - and it was awesome!
Last updated on Jan 22, 2021 5 min read

Yoga

I first went to a talk by an enlightened guru, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, when I was in graduate school at The University of Michigan. I was motivated to take a 7 day yoga program taught by Sadhguru the following Spring.
Last updated on Jan 22, 2021 1 min read