I love football. I also love cable television. Therefore, to see as much football as I want, I make sure I get a high-level cable TV package. That’s how it works, people. Sometimes you have to pay for what you…

I don’t like to have problems with my meals. I try really hard to avoid confrontation with food, but sometimes things spin out of control. We faced two such instances this week. One of them might force me to write…

Last night, Maria and I went to see the story of plucky teens who have their futures ahead of them and tell their story through song and dance. No, not “High School Musical 3,” although we will go see that…

R.E.M. gets back on the road tonight with a show I would love to see. The Old 97s are opening for the band which will make for a hell of a fun evening. I really wonder what kind of set…

Each night when I read my local newspaper, I love to peruse the “Today in History” section. I scan the celebrity birthdays to find some interesting topic of conversation. Yesterday, I found something that frightened me. Charlotte Caffey turned 55….

I didn’t quite know what to expect when I bought “Small Town Odds” by Jason Headley over the summer. I found the book in a discount bookstore down the beach and figured I would give it a shot. After all,…

Luckily, I managed to miss most of the disco era. Sure, I was alive, but I hadn’t reached my teens so I watched the whole mess from afar. The closest I got to disco fever was a copy of the…

I can think of a lot of fun ways to spend a Friday night. One thing on my list, however, probably wouldn’t interest most other people. I love covering a high school football game for the newspaper. For several years,…

Twenty-five years, seven months and two weeks after R.E.M. released Murmur, its first full-length studio album, an anniversary special edition will come out. The release is scheduled for Nov. 25. As an R.E.M. geek, I can’t wait for this. The…

I sat down to play some NCAA 09 last night after a few beers and a slightly disappointing U.S. Soccer loss to Trinidad and Tobago. Quick aside, I NEED to visit T&T now. How can you be in a bad…