Up All Night-Interview
03/10/2017
Rhod Sharp presents news, interviews and stories from around the world.
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My Biggest Pet Peeve: The Freeze Out
Published: The Good Men Project (March 1, 2016)
I know I’ve tackled this subject before, and that article proved to be one of my least successful for this site. Nevertheless, every so often a writer needs to discuss what’s on his mind even if his audience doesn’t much care to hear it, so hear I go:
I am sick and tired of the freeze out.... Read Original Article
When did incompetence become okay?
Published: The Good Men Project (January 26, 2016)
Have we decided, as a society, that professional incompetence is something we must tolerate? Indeed, dare I say, that it is even acceptable?
This isn’t an entirely rhetorical question. Most people are happy to pay lip service to the importance of reliability and efficiency, and there is little question that Americans are second-to-none when it comes to our collective work ethic.... Read Original Article
Living with an Invisible Disability
Published: The Good Men Project (December 31, 2015)
This is an article about invisible disabilities… metaphorical as well as literal.
As many of my readers already know, I was born with a hand-eye coordination disability that mystifies my neurologists to this day. Thanks to my parents’ diligence and the help of wonderful childhood physical therapists, I have sufficiently overcome it so that most people who meet me never even guess I have this problem.... Read Original Article
The Work I Dread
Published: The Good Men Project (October 6, 2015)
Despite my fear of sounding self-pitying, I want to tell you about my strange relationship with work. It will make me feel better and might help a few of my readers.
I’m a chronic workaholic. As I write this, I am a freelance columnist for several online publications, an elected official for my local Democratic Party, and a full-time PhD student preparing for his comprehensive exams (more on that in a moment).... Read Original Article
When Do You Go Full Bald?
Published: The Good Men Project (September 22, 2015)
Although my hairline started receding during my mid-20s, it didn’t become especially noticeable until about a year ago. Before then, people still felt comfortable joking that my increasingly prominent widow’s peak would someday turn me into a proverbial chrome dome. It wasn’t until the humor stopped and the sympathy commenced that I realized I had an actual problem on my hands.... Read Original Article