Author: brian
Time for a Trip
I approached my wife with a little trepidation. I don’t know why. I should have no worries asking her about the fun things I want to do. We understand that parts of our personality differ so we might each want…
Save Olympic Wrestling
I have had the good fortune to take some really cool trips in my life. When I think back over them, one stands out in particular. In 1984, I went to Los Angeles with two of my brothers to see…
Blergh! ’30 Rock’ Is Ending
Tonight, I will lose some friends. “30 Rock” airs its final episode, an hour-long finale. I have had my ups and downs with the NBC comedy over the years, but the approach of this final 60 minutes has me realizing how much…
Oriole Memories
Like with most things, I discovered the news from my friends online. I don’t know whether I first saw the announcement on Twitter or Facebook, but I learned Earl Weaver had died when I checked in to see if anyone…
New Wheels Coming
Within the first week or so of buying my car, I had to fly to Ohio for a friend’s wedding. I drove to the Harrisburg airport for my departing flight, gripping my steering wheel as if my life depended on…
Wardrobe Malfunction
I knew the sound the moment I heard it. Unfortunately, I have experience in this area and started to think about the potential fallout. The problem was, this all happened while I was in the midst of officiating a youth…
Intelligence Test
Growing up. I had a conflicted vision of my own intelligence. I placed into the higher levels of classes in school, but felt really intimidated by my siblings’ academic accomplishments. I guess that’s natural for the youngest in a big…
Hidden Presents
On Christmas morning, I tried to keep everything as normal as possible. We get up, open presents and enjoy our annual treat of mini powdered donuts. But, at some point, I may have wanted to sneak off to each room…
Temp Check
Normally I don’t like to turn down a reason to spend a couple of days in my sweatpants watching television, but I could have done without the fever. I needed to take a couple of days off from work recently…
Music in 2012
So all kinds of people have started to come out with their end-of-the-year lists. I took a look at a couple of ones related to music and realized just how old I am. On Pitchfork’s Top 100 songs for the…