Part of the Club
I love The Breakfast Club. The movie came out during my junior year of high school. I was a wrestler (and can dissect the strengths and weaknesses of the portrayal of…
You Get a Trophy! You Get a Trophy! You Get a Trophy!
I tried to resist, but I had want to weigh in with an alternate view on the kerfuffle about participation trophies for young athletes, sparked by NFL player James Harrison…
A Fable Worth Re-Telling
Thirty years ago, R.E.M. released Fables of the Reconstruction. The album has taken almost mythic qualities among the band's canon over time, mainly because no discussion can avoid the problems the…
Goodbye, Gulfhaven
I will lose a friend tonight. Actually a bunch of friends as Cougar Town broadcasts its last episode. Go ahead and make fun. I have heard all the jokes. The…
Bragging About Nothing
I have to admit, I used to do this. I still might do it on occasion, but I try to avoid this particular annoyance as much as possible these days.…
The Rest of The Brians
I was supposed to post these last week, but forgot. I wrote it and had it saved, but totally forgot to post because I was headed to Vegas. So here…
The 2015 Brians
Now that we have that silliness known as The Oscars out of the way, it’s time to focus on the real awards – The Brians. In case you don’t know,…
Newsroom Memories
If you haven’t noticed already, things have really started to change in downtown Hanover. New businesses keep cropping up and great opportunities wait in the wings. One of the most…
Playing it by Ear
I have spent the past year or so planning for what is happening right now. The funny thing is, I was planning so I could do something spontaneous. In 2010,…
Survivor
Something amazing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. Something that some people thought could never happen. I enjoyed closing 2014 with a bang. I walked through the streets…