Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Home Base

Austin, TX

Education

B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin

M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    To all, a quick note wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! May today be a day of family, friends and giving thanks to God and each other for all of the blessings in our lives. Hook ‘Em Horns! (7 pm, Football vs Texas A&M, ESPN)

  • The Junior Administration

    Has anyone else noticed that both President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden are named after their fathers? According to change.gov, the website for the Office of the President-Elect, Barack Obama’s father was “Barack Obama, Sr.”, although no reference is made on the site for President-Elect Obama being “Barack Obama, Jr.” despite their names, including middle,…

  • Book Review: The Truth About You

    I recently read The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success by Marcus Buckingham and found the book interesting. The book comes in three pieces: a ~30-minute DVD, an actual book and a notepad, stylized as a “ReMemo” pad. Truly, I cannot decide if I liked the DVD (which the book asks you watch before…

  • Do you tithe?

    I was directed toward a review of a book, Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money. The review mentions has poorly American Christians donate. Some of the numbers: If just the “committed Christians” (defined as those who attend church at least a few times a month or profess to be “strong”…

  • Democrats for Life

    A few minutes ago, I finished and submitted my own Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama. In the letter, for me, a first. I admitted that I am energized by the Democratic Party. Before now, I have walked the “moderate” line, since, well, that’s what I am. I lean left on economic, foreign, national security,…

  • My First Knights of Columbus Meeting

    Last night, I attended my first actual Knights of Columbus meeting, transferred and was formally accepted into Council 10131 at St. Ignatius Parish in Austin. I say first actual because I went to a couple of meetings when the UT council attempted to revive themselves, but by no means were those meetings formalized. The experience…