Random Thoughts with Will

     As the calendar turns to late August, schools start up again, and summer winds down, a new season is beginning: college football! If I were to pick a "favorite" sport, college football would hands-down be the winner.  Today marks the beginning of a new college football season, one that's colloquially dubbed "Week Zero". Most schools open up next week, but a few play today -- Florida & Miami (FL) being the headliner.      This season, college football celebrates its 150th season. It's safe to say college football has come a long way since Rutgers and Princeton first squared off in a 6-4 duel. Think about that: at one point,  in time, Rutgers was the winningest college football program! Of the 149 college football seasons, I've only been alive for a fraction of them - and have followed even less (roughly 16). Although I can't fully speak to the first 133 seasons, it's hard to imagine a college football season that's ever been - or ev...

     Years ago, I had this great idea of creating a "restaurant" for my family at home and made a meal for them. A case could be made that I was most ambitious around 3rd-4th grade, but that's another story. While the restaurant was a one-off deal, it did make a comeback years later when my youngest cousins visited. My siblings and I took it up a notch this time, making it fancier -- and even performing "Be Our Guest". Between both examples, the most memorable part may have been the restaurant name, one that my sister came up with: Trust Us.      While "Trust Us" would be a horrible name for a restaurant in real-life, a case could be made that every time a person goes out to eat that they are living out "Trust Us". They are trusting that the restaurant will provide them a nice meal (or at the very least a meal that won't make them sick). When that trust gets violated, said restaurant can lose a customer. Come to think of it, maybe ...

     During the spring break of my junior year in high school, my parents and I embarked on a college tour across the southeast and Texas, touring multiple schools along the way. It was during this trip that we learned that everything truly is bigger than Texas (special thanks to the Ranch Hand Cafe in Cleveland, TX) and where I fell love with Baylor University. During this excursion, I also learned that there was one school I toured that left me with no desire of applying there.      Over the course of said tour, I found myself getting the impression that this school wasn't the best fit for me. Between the overview and the beginning and the tour itself, something just felt off. That said, I really did want to like the school and give it a chance. After all, the tour was still in progress. At the end of the tour, the tour guide explained why they chose the school. When going on college tours, I was interested to hear why the tour guide picked the school. ...