I try to average one book a month. With six weeks left in the year, I have already surpassed that number. After the graphic is an update on what I have read in 2019 with short reviews of each one, starting with my most recent book. Bricking It (Nick Spalding): I needed something light after […]
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This is one in a series of reviews/commentaries on things that happened during a recent trip I took to England with my wife and daughter. When we started planning our trip, the flights over gave me the biggest concern. With all the ways flight prices can fluctuate, I worried about getting stuck in a deal […]
I had a pretty good high school wrestling career. I set a bunch of school records. I sat high in the state rankings most of my last two seasons. I won a bunch of tournaments. However, I can’t say that I won a state championship. That’s not for lack of trying. I literally could not […]
Here are “free thoughts” on the cast and performance from Hamilton, which I recently saw in NYC: Michael Luwoye is a great Hamilton, but I wasn’t as blown away as I was led to expect from stuff I had read online. He was reserved in some spots and talk sang the beginnings to a bunch […]
I came to improv late. I didn’t act at all until 2009 and started improv in 2015. But as I delve back into my favorite improv books, I wonder what could have been. In late 1991 and early 1992, I didn’t know what I was going to do. I was laid off from my first newspaper […]
The beginning of the York Fair reminds me of my first introduction to the event in 1992. They had bungee jumping that year at the fair. One day, I went to lunch with a group of fellow Evening Sun reporters. This was our routine. I want to say we were at the Little Red Schoolhouse […]
I often poke fun at people who try to portray Hanover as a dangerous community. I mean, it’s not Mayberry, but the reality is that as long as you don’t look for trouble, you usually won’t find it. I often project this through bragging about walking home after a night downtown, either because I just […]
Seventeen years ago, I daydreamed about what my daughter’s life would be like. As we anticipated her birth, I would think about what she would accomplish in life. I generally focused on what sport she would pick and how she would set the world on fire. After watching her take part in the York County […]
Random thoughts on Hairspray Live: I have never seen the show or the movies – only listened to the music — so it was cool to actually see a production The interludes and commercials are annoying, but I imagine if they went without them, the complaint would be that the production wasn’t glitzy enough (or […]