I had been wrestling with a fracture in my elbow and a slight tear in my triceps for quite some time, but it was continuing to get worse. As I worked through it, I ended up dislocating my shoulder and tearing my labrum. All of these injuries were on the same arm, so things like working out or even sleeping became increasingly difficult.
I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.
It's getting hard to keep up with all of the news from Washington - witch hunts, conspiracy theories and Republicans tearing each other apart over who is ideologically pure and who is apostate. It's a real set of carnival sideshows.
I catch Filter in Des Moines doing their soundcheck at a small club. After tearing through a few songs, they spend nearly an hour meeting with fans as part of a radio station meet-and-greet.
Instead of insulting our teachers and tearing down public education, I believe in a Kentucky where we put students and teachers first - and I'll work to do just that by fixing some of the greatest challenges they face every day.
Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.
Usually, when you're taking over a team, you're restructuring, you're tearing it down, you're building it up again.
Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.
When things are right and things are focused, it's a game to me, and I'm there just stalking and punching and grabbing and tearing people up.
I'm going to be an advocate to ensure that we are protecting everyone, and we're tearing down barriers and not building barriers.
