Thomas R. Ruffin

Well, yes, I'm still kicking.  Someone said to me, "man, you don't update your blog too often".  So, here we go .. a few updates and inconsequential tidbits of information and of course, more random thoughts:

--  My Police Process class is winding down .. finals are fast approaching ... my students are awesome and if I could exempt them all from the final exam I would. but I CAN'T !!!  SO QUIT ASKING !!   On tap for the summer is a graduate/undergrad level class; Special Issues: Interview and Interrogation, without a doubt my favorte class to teach ... and looking further down the road the fall class will be a brand new one, Crisis Intervention.  I'm excited and thankful for the opportunity to be able to construct this class from the ground up.  The class will focus on the dynamics of situational crisis intervention with regard to law enforcement settings (suicidal subjects, barricaded susects, hostage negotiation, the dynamics of crowd behavior and much more).  Looking forward to both classes.

-- Mitchell and Peyton are once again involved in baseball and softball respectively, and thus we are at the fields at least 4 nights per week.  I love watching them play and enjoy life (as it should be) but I sure do miss umpiring.

-- Played golf the other day for the first time in months and actually hit the ball pretty decently.  I should play more often I proclaim.

-- Work on Mudhole is progressing, slowly though, and I really think that some type of adventure would open the floodgates so that the creative juices could flow more freely .. I dunno.

-- During the Tiger Woods media orgy this past winter I made several light hearted jokes about the subject on my Facebook page.  I certainly hope I didn't offend anyone  .. I truly did not intend to ... but I feel compelled to say this about the whole matter ... Tiger Woods does not owe anyone other than his spouse an apology for anything.  The bottom line is that the man cheated on his wife (not taking infidelity lightly at all) and it is none of our business.  But the media, once again, feels the need to embellish, promulgate and often downright fabricate news.  On second thought I'll refrain from further commenting on the topic as it makes my blood boil .. makes me wanna blow up my TV .

til next time ... make love not war ... be happy ... smile ... help your neighbors ... spread peace and all that goobly gobbly hippie stuff