Hey! I’m Brandon. Welcome to The Show Notes, or as I also refer to it (temporarily at least), “the world’s most impressive brain dump!” Why do I refer to it as that? Well, I have a lot of thoughts about a lot of things and I need to get them out. This is my chosen medium to do so, but why?

I love storytelling, breaking down issues, and sharing information. I do this on my show, “Beyond The Arc with Brandon Silvers,” (also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!) where I look at where sports and society overlap as well as what they can tell us about each other. I enjoy using video and audio to do what I do, but I know that in order to reach my potential I need to write. Everyone I admire who does what I want to do at the level I want to do it writes.

Now, I write too. If I’m doing a solo episode, I write it. I’m a good writer. However, I’m afraid to share my writing by itself. I’ve been using the audio and visual aspects of what I do as a crutch because I don’t trust myself as a writer enough to trust the reader to pick up on what I’m trying to convey when I write without my facial expressions, tone, inflection, etc. What if you misunderstand me or one of my hilarious jokes goes over your head? That is both silly and terrifying to me.

I’m a firm believer in not letting fear be a factor in whether or not you do something (within reason!), and I’m also a believer that the quickest way to get over fear is to take action. So here I am! My plan is to write as much as possible and put it on this public platform for people like you to read. Some of it will be good, some of it will be bad, I’ll make grammatical errors, someone will misunderstand me and get mad, someone will understand me perfectly and get mad, my jokes will flop, and so on and so forth, but through it all, I will write.

If you’re reading this and we’re still in the 2020s, I’m still experimenting with formats for the newsletter. I have a general idea of what I want it to look like and when I want it to come out to start, but I’ll refine that as I get more uncomfortable. Or maybe I figured out the perfect way to do it right off the bat. We’ll see.

To reiterate, I’ll be writing about everything. Sports, TV shows I like, things I miss from the ‘90s, how my running workouts are going, pretty much anything I can think of. I’ll be practicing different types of writing styles too from time to time (my default is to write how I talk). I’m telling myself that the variety will keep things fresh for both of us!

You’ll get to know me a lot through my writing, and odds are if you’re here then you already know me personally. But if you don’t know me and stumbled across this or someone liked you enough to share it with you, I’ll share some basics with you. Margaritas are best served frozen with no salt. Season 4 of The Wire is a masterpiece. I would much rather my favorite team’s best player take the last shot than make the “right” basketball play. My dog has entirely too many clothes. Alright, that should do it for now. Thanks for joining me!

Brandon