My wife pretty much only follows one sport – tennis. That means the current action at the Australian Open is one of the few times she gets truly engaged in the kind of idiotic emotions I feel all the time as a sports fan. Part of this has to do with the matches that ESPN […]
I like to drink good beer. To further this quest, I like to try new beers from breweries I usually don’t get to sample. That led me to a sampler case (since Pennsylvania’s stupid laws make it almost impossible to just buy a 6-pack of anything except macro-brews) from the Philadelphia Brewing Co. First, a […]
I took my daughter to see “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel” last week. I took one for the team, you might say. Surprisingly, the movie was not the most disturbing thing I saw that day. As we waited for David Cross to complete the final task in the transaction he made with Lucifer […]
The other weekend, I had to officiate a youth wrestling event. The action got started around noon, and I walked up to the high school kids working the table for my mat and asked them a very simple question. “Are we ready to have some fun?” They laughed or grunted as sleepy teenagers do (I […]
Twenty years ago today, the world changed. Food tasted better. The air smelled a little fresher. Life just improved overall. MC Hammer released his single U Can’t Touch This on Jan. 13, 1990. Think about it. Twenty years and one day ago, no one knew about Hammer pants and after hearing the command “Stop,” no […]
I come from a long line of couch sleepers. Like my father before me, I appreciate the bliss of sawing logs on the living room sofa. Sometimes it’s because I can’t fall asleep in bed for some reason or another. Other times, it’s because I just feel like drifting off while watching a game on […]
A wonderful thing happened last week. Magical, almost. The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a law which will allow casinos in the state to offer table games such as craps, roulette, blackjack and poker. Six months from now, I will have the opportunity to drive an hour or so from my house and play cards. I […]
I totally spaced on Peter Buck’s birthday earlier this week. I don’t really pay attention to their birthdays that much, but remembered that two of them were very close . I can just never remember which two and when it happens. Peter is the player and creator of so many memorable guitar lines, the most […]
When I started my new job a little over a year ago, I made sure to dress nicely on the first day. I wore a shirt, tie and jacket like I had at previous jobs. The jacket matched the pants I wore pretty well, so much so that people thought I had worn a suit. […]
You’re weird and funny and cryptic and have made me think about things I may not have ever thought about before. Happy 50th.