Keep Your Ear Open
I don’t know how I ended up as an eavesdropper. Maybe growing up with seven older siblings who liked to keep secrets from me had something to do with it. Some of my earliest memories come from receiving bribes to […]
Saving the Children
I feel like I have saved the youth of Hanover single-handedly. All it took was a trip to the library. Everything started when I read an item in the newspaper. The library wanted to expand their collection and put out […]
New Sport Has a Kick
I didn’t have any plans a couple of Sundays ago. We planned on having some friends over the Saturday before to grill and hang out, so I assumed I would spend the next day napping and watching sports. Then I […]
How Will We Survive?
Have you heard the news? I cannot believe this is happening. The world is surely getting closer to the end. A pirated copy of the Wolverine movie has ended up on the Internet. Tragic, huh? I hadn’t heard of this […]
Back to School
I really enjoyed my final few months as a college student. Allegheny College, where I attended, operated on a trimester system at that time. That meant that we had three sessions of 10 weeks. Each time, we took three classes. […]
Spoiled Rotten
I love when two of my favorite things come together – peanut butter and jelly, chicken wings and beer, television and the Internet. That last one has brought good and bad things lately. The good part involves my discovery of […]
Unarmed and Dangerous
In my younger days, I had quite a temper. A combination of overcompensating for my small stature and growing up with four older brothers brought about this condition. I was not out of control, but I had a few fights […]
Drive Time
I know this might not sound too popular these days what with people trying to save money and find different ways to protect the environment, but I realized something last week. I love to drive. This is not really a […]
And The Brian Goes To …
The high-brow movies will have their moments in Hollywood. But we learn about the really important awards today, the seventh annual Brians, which recognize excellence in movies which I saw in the theater in 2008. A record 11 movies qualified […]
Crisis Averted
For so long, I took pride in the fact that I did not own an iPod. Didn’t need one, I told people. I have a built-in prejudice against Apple and had plenty of other ways to get my music. I […]