End Of An Era
St. P’s kicked off the school year today. The alarm went off at 6:30, the girls were roused,1 uniforms were donned, bags were packed, and off we went. Drop off was easy. M., as is her custom, quickly dismissed me so she could start digging through the box of supplies sitting on her desk and chat with her friends. C.…
Robin
Robin Williams was a force of nature. That’s a cliché, often used in moments like this, but it was certainly appropriate for him. When he was on, and rolling, there was no getting in his way. Nothing was safe or sacred. Anything could, and likely would, serve as inspiration. He wasn’t the best comic of his generation, but he probably…
R’s: Magical
Wow. It was almost exactly a year ago that I wrote about a weekend series in Kansas City between the Royals and Red Sox, wondering if we would look back on it as the high point of the season. The Royals drifted, then climbed back to the periphery of the Wild Card race, staying in it until the final week…
⦿ Friday Links
Running a little late on everything today. A fine profile by a fine writer. Pat Jordan on the eternal kid, Johnny Damon. An Idiot In Exile These are crazy times for music. Tom Petty just nabbed the first #1 album of his career. Which seems kind of crazy. More crazy is who preceded him: “Weird Al” Yankovic. As my girls…
Friday Vid
“Summer Nights” – Van Halen School starts next Thursday, so it’s the last, real Friday and weekend of the summer for us. One last time to go down to the ol’ fishin’ hole. Wait… I don’t think Sammy was really singing about fishing, was he? Oh well, a great summer song and Van Hagar at the finest.
Hoops Thoughts
A couple hoops thoughts for Thursday. Wiggins headed to Minnesota Damn. It’s been pretty obvious, aside from the brief period when Cleveland kidded themselves that they could trade for Kevin Love without giving up Andrew Wiggins, that the #1 pick would be headed to Minneapolis some time before the season began. Still, it sucks for it to, apparently, be going…
Something Old Is New Again
You may have noticed there was a comment on the site yesterday. No joke. After many years of not having comments I have turned them back on. I’ve even added the little Latest Comments widget over on the right sidebar so you can quickly see if anyone has offered up their opinions. It’s appropriate that my pal Stace was the…
The Struggle
My life, like pretty much everyone’s, has been full of ups and downs. Triumphs and tragedies. Successes and sadness. The last week or so has been one of the toughest in my life. Yes, I’m off caffeine. Good lord is it difficult. Until yesterday I had been plagued by headaches when my body realized, mid-morning, that no caffeine would be…
July Books
Summerland – Michael Chabon As with The Fault In Our Stars, while Summerland is officially classified as a “young adult” book, it is really a book for all ages. Especially if you love baseball and have time to read in the summer. Summerland is a bit confusing at first. But that’s not unusual for a Chabon book. In this case,…
Saying Goodbye To Prime Time In Style
File this under “Greatest Internet Finds.” It’s spectacular. In 1977, NBC gave Richard Pryor a prime time show. It last four episodes. Well, three and then an unaired final episode. That unaired episode is on YouTube. Find 45 minutes to watch it. It’s not a standard sitcom or variety show episode. Rather, it is a full-on roast of Pryor by…