Goodbye, Free Time
A little more than a month ago, I wrote about my disenchantment with the latest version of EA Sports’ college football video game series. I managed to plug away and finish a season with SMU (we went 8-5 or something […]
Hard to Understand
A friend took me aside recently. She had watched two co-workers engage in an hour-long conversation about college football and wanted to ask me something. How can they do that? She really had no idea how two people could carry […]
Play the Game Right
I have long maintained that the game the kids today call Beer Pong is not really Beer Pong. To play something called Pong, you need to hit the ball with a paddle, not just toss it. Somehow Beirut (what the […]
That’s Entertainment
Back when I used to work evenings, I watched a lot of goofy television during the day. One show I got to enjoy later than a lot of people was Mystery Science Theater 3000. If you haven’t even seen the […]
Holding Out Hope
I want to like “Cougar Town.” I really do. I basically have a man crush on creator Bill Lawrence and can’t fathom the thought of him making a one-note, boring comedy. I hope he can prove me wrong. After two […]
Wonderful Reunion
After yesterday’s post about The Baseball Project, I embarked on one of those inevitable Internet quests for more information on the band. That led me to this amazing story about the show in Athens, Ga., earlier this week. After a […]
Nice Addition
When Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game earlier this year, I had last year’s album by The Baseball Project in heavy rotation. That immediately brought one question to mind – how would they work Buehrle into the song “Harvey Haddix.” […]
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
All good relationships have to come to an end. I know this is for the best, but I thought we had another five to 10 years to go before things fell apart. I remember how one word came into my […]
A Study in Contrasts
A week or so ago, New York anchorman Ernie Anastos dropped an f-bomb on live television. The picture below shows him and co-anchor Dari Alexander reacting after Anastos told their weatherman to “keep (having a loving and committed physical relationship […]
Big Brother Rewind
I managed to go the entire season of “Big Brother” this past summer without writing about the show. Part of it is possibly because I, like many other fans, feel a little embarrassed about enjoying the show as much as […]