Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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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)

  • not drunk people riding with drunk people

    300 BLOCK EAST 21st STREET Driving While Intoxicated / Public Intoxication: A silver Chevy truck was observed disregarding several stop signs. The right front tire of the vehicle was flat and the driver was driving the vehicle on its rim. When the vehicle finally stopped, the officer detected a very strong odor of alcohol and…

  • don’t fall off the bus

    Yesterday, after what I’d consider a successful day of classes, I needed to ride the Far West Shuttle (FW) from the campus back home. My 6:30-9:30 p.m. class released a little early and when I arrived at the stop, a bus was already there. Sadly too, it was already quite full. I entered through the…

  • the powerless invitation

    The deacon is one who waits. He is never in charge. He is the servant of others–of God, of his bishops, of the congregation. He is a voice: it is his task to read the Lord’s Gospel, not his own….He is a servant: it is his task to wait at the Lord’s table….It is others…

  • the new place, part 1

    I’m slowly getting everything unpacked at my new place and now as I pack a quick bag to take on a three-day retreat I’m coordinating up in Belton, I noticed something. I love that natural light can bathe me and my room in the morning. I hate that I had to wake up before that…

  • my annual move

    I’m in the middle of packing and moving to my new place and just finished packing away all of my books. Every year, I rediscover books that I completely forgot that I own. It has been really bad this year since most of my books were on shelves in the back of my closet. Next…

  • the woodlands and the blowfish

    I’m heading out tomorrow night to The Woodlands to visit Vanessa for the weekend. Her mom, through a free ticket offer at her work, was able to get us tickets to see Hootie and the Blowfish on Friday. As Vanessa put it, “I think I remembered liking one of their songs in sixth grade.” I…