The two-month appointment for Carter came a little late due to previously scheduled vacation plans for his doctor. It’s just as well. This wasn’t a trip to which we were looking forward. At two months, a baby gets the first of many shots and parents the f
Our First Date (Without the Baby)
The last time Amy and I saw a movie together in the theatre, people were still writing dates from the 1900s on their checks. Gas was only $1.32 a gallon. Indiana University had lost just one contest. Bill Clinton was still President. And there was no such
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
No amount of Rogaine or plugs will avoid the inevitable. Baldness grows like a fungus, creeping its way throughout one’s life into widow’s peaks and monk’s halos that gleam when you sweat. It is a symptom present to some degree on every deathbed. Baldness
Sleep
Carter slept through the night last night, for the first time. For those of you without children, don’t get too excited. We didn’t return to the old days of seven or eight hours solid sleep. The medical definition of sleeping through the night is sleeping
A Man of Destiny
The following is a transcript of an Indiana University Senior Night speech given by point guard Carter Makice ’22 on March 1, 2022.
Carter, Worry Warts and All
I don’t miss many opportunities to worry, actually. During slow times, I create my own reasons, just to stay at the top of my game. When I get in a groove, I do things like fail to introduce my acquaintances to friends for fear that I’ll mispronounce thei
The Morning Shift
Scooby Doo is no more. Christmas only comes once a year. Into that void steps Carter as the only sane reason in the world to get up at the crack of dawn.