Oh what a year! 2015 held a number of grand professional accomplishments for me in teaching, research and public scholarship. My students did tremendous work with Fairy Tales, Super Heroes, and video games contextual themes across the humanities and social sciences. I was fortunate to negotiate shows for curation and exhibitions in 2016. I’m so proud we’ll display work from the After Malcolm Digital Archive: Islam and the Freedom Struggle at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, and the only replica of the Bayeux Tapestry in the United States will be shown at Chattahoochee Technical College in Acworth.
Over the year I completed a number of Pop Culture presentations and podcasts on topics ranging from Playboy, Professional Wresting to Craft Beer. Two of my goals for 2015 included to “live in beta” and “make it happen.” I did my best and worked the list for the year better than ever.
Shannan and I traveled a fair amount, including an increased number of weekend get-aways. During 2015 we took advantage of the rich cultural and intellectual community in the metropolitan area and attended a record number of lectures and expositions.
Running and exercise went well. I ran in four new countries and a dozen new cities. The Streak now moves close to 19 phenomenal years. As posted on this site, Shannan made a serious commitment to exercise. This has been a delight on a number of levels. One related bit is we focused on a clean diet and enjoyed a cornucopia of good food and had fun experimenting with cooking.
While visiting Costa Rica a fellow mentioned a popular phrase, “Pura Vida.” It means pure life. In context the man said the phrase means getting the fullest out of life. I like it. Pure Vida is my theme for 2016. In all that I do, I’ll strive for Pura Vida.
Live life to the fullest. Run.
Tom
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