Thank you, Aleksander Tomalski and Counsel Collective, for this absolutely lovely feature: counselcollective.org/roy-se… Hands down, this is one of the damned nicest articles anyone has ever written about me. I truly feel seen. Someone please take note … read this this whole thing at my eulogy one day! 😅 Hopefully, other legal leaders, marketers, business development professionals, humans will find some inspiration in the thoughts, concepts, and experiences detailed here. And even more importantly, my dream is that more and more young people still deciding what to do in life will see in this piece what a desirable and rewarding career path legal marketing can be. To my dear friends Iris Jones, Diana Lauritson, Jenna Schiappacasse, and Ashley Stenger, what you said about me here has touched my soul in ways words can’t properly express. In my deep down, only child heart, I’ve always (erroneously) felt myself to be a perpetual outsider in life, practically phobic about overstaying my welcome anywhere. I know that’s anything but true. However, reading what you said about me was truly a tonic for my neurotic inner saboteur. 🥹 As Alex writes in the article, “Trust, in his telling, is built by honoring what came before, learning what actually drives the people already there, bringing forward opportunities that fit them, and then following through on what you said you would do.” counselcollective.org/roy-se… 🥹

“You can’t go home again.” - Thomas Wolfe … or maybe you can? Had a fabulous experience earlier tonight participating in a Zoom reading of a brilliant new play in development from my Wabash College classmate JS Simpson. It was fun to dust off acting skills I haven’t much used since before the pandemic, but more significantly it was a delight to hear Simpson’s sharp character development come to life alongside fellow Wabash grads, friends, and readers Scott Smalstig, Ken Ogorek, Hugh Vandivier, and Jason Strasser as well as newly adopted honorary Wabash fellow Mark Holley. Without spoiling anything, in “Indiana Beta,” Simpson (always a bright, incisive, witty voice and observer) deftly captures perfectly and poignantly a unique moment in time: the early 90s with its intersection (and conflict) of much-vaunted collegiate tradition with a sociocultural milieu that was evolving rapidly, progressively. And what that now means in 2026 for the (cough) fifty-something men looking back on those formative moments with nostalgia and regret, wondering how decades of arguably arrested development have flashed by in the blink of an eye. In the process, Simpson offers a provocative, thorny critique of our collective assumptions around race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, class, while still embracing the flawed humanity that ultimately unites us. Can’t wait to see where he goes next with this, and honored tonight to have been part of the piece’s ongoing development. @WabashCollege

Saturday with #Hudson and #HenryJ … #dogsarethebest #dogstagram #dogsofinsta #dogsoftwitter @johnfmola

New #playlist … with low-key #Halloween vibes … enjoy! #spookyseason Life On Mars? AmpliMix ’26 open.spotify.com/playlist/6E…

We had to say goodbye to Duncan today. He was such a sweet, loving boy. His little brothers will miss him. A lot. As will we. His wide ranging vocalizations, his prancing dancing, his drive by cuddles. We are so grateful he was part of our wacky wolf pack even for a short spell. But I’m sure he bounded across that Rainbow Bridge toward his sister Duchess whom he loved, worshipped, and admired. Goodnight, sweet prince. 😔 🐾 #dogs #rainbowbridge #dogstagram #duncan #goodbyefornow #dogsoftwitter @johnfmola