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…
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 on a conversation about sports for so long. She admitted that she tried to get into sports in the past, but just couldn’t maintain an interest. When she finished, I had a confession to make.
I envied her. I envy every single person who can walk around without having sports fill their brain with possibilities and arguments and everything else that goes along with being a fan.
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…
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 show, it involves a guy and two “robots” who are forced to watch a bad movies, usually science fiction. The show essentially involves them sitting around and making fun of the movies with their silhouettes super-imposed over the action.
I only bring this up because Maria and I went to a wedding a few weeks ago. We had never been in this particular church. The bride and groom were the only people we knew at the ceremony. We sat in a back pew and entertained each other with comments about everything happening around us.
The ceremony was wonderful, of course. We didn’t mean any disrespect, but it’s kind of hard to sit there and not make comments to each other while a bee attacks the hair of a lady a few pews in front of you.
That’s when I had an epiphany of sorts. Maria and I could market our services as an add on to companies who film weddings.
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…
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…
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 -…
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 head when we first met – hot. I was unsure at first, but eventually managed to learn how to live with the good and the bad.
Like a lot of heartbreak, the end came suddenly. I wanted to try and drag things out, but I knew it would only cause me pain in the end. I had to make a horrible decision.
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…
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…