At this point of the summer, I usually find myself filled with opinions on the latest news from the CBS reality show “Big Brother.” This is only series in the genre which I watch, and I typically go in whole hog. Well, not completely because I don’t buy the live feeds, but I typically follow […]
Someone I know showed off a restoration project he has recently undertaken. As he told me about his plans, he mentioned that someone called the enterprise his “mid-life crisis.” I had to laugh because he’s a little older than I am. Since I don’t think I have officially had a mid-life crisis, either I’m off […]
Sometimes when I take my daughter to a movie, I have to grit my teeth at the end when she talks about how she liked it. I don’t question her taste. I just know how some films don’t quite reach the bar of entertaining both youngsters and adults. As we left “Diary of a Wimpy […]
Since I follow international wrestling, some people have asked me about my thoughts on the Olympic competition. Men’s freestyle, which starts tomorrow, is the area where I pay the most attention so I thought I’d put together a little primer on our US team. The ceiling is the highest I think a guy can place. […]
Like many people, I look at those TV shows which focus on hoarders and laugh. I wonder how anyone could live like that. Then I head into our basement and sit in my recliner because the loveseat and other chair down there have boxes upon boxes of stuff on them. But I don’t have a […]
The events are delayed by enough time that it’s impossible to be on Twitter at the same time without possibly seeing a score ahead of time Buffering There are no listings directly below the player most times. When they are there, they do not automatically update, meaning you need to refresh to see what has […]
Sometimes I have trouble focusing. I may have an important problem and can’t figure out the proper solution. I might have a number of projects due at the same time. I also might have friends who disparage foods I like and need to focus on setting them straight. I don’t know how all of these […]
I think my obsession started with the “Guinness Book of World Records.” We always had one lying around the house when I was a kid so you could check the distance of the longest grape toss which someone caught in their mouth. The book also had lists of Olympic medalists in every sport. I used […]
I came to know Chuck Klosterman through his appearances on The B.S. Report, a podcast by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons. I might have read some e-mail exchanges between the two before I heard the first podcast, but I definitely first experienced the mind of Chuck through The Sports Guy. Over the past four or five […]
I have not had this feeling for two or three years. I don’t have an episode of “Mad Men” awaiting me. I didn’t get into the show until a few years ago and slowly worked my way through the catalog. I watched the final episode of the most recent season earlier this week. Oh, since […]