Sometimes, we have good intentions when we make promises. Then, when we have to pay up, we wonder what went through our minds in the first place. All of this started a couple of months ago when Bridget lost a tooth. She got all excited as usual, but she had something different to tell us […]
As I write this, I am half-watching the Michigan State-Pittsburgh football game on ESPN. I have no rooting interest in this game whatsoever. It’s just the most interesting game I found when I sat down at noon to watch football. In a perfect world, I would be watching Penn State struggle against the University of […]
Eighteen years and four days ago, I went to great lengths to go see R.E.M. at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. I don’t remember a ton about the show, partially because it was the second time I saw them on the “Green” tour, partially cause I probably drank a fair amount and partially because the […]
I was stuck behind a car in traffic today with message on its license plate frame I have wanted to address for a long time, so here goes: It’s not a Jeep thing, it’s a douchebag thing, and I understand it all too well.
I really don’t know how it all started. I guess we figured that because we were celebrating our first anniversary, we should take a trip. So we packed up and went to Wilmington, Del., so Maria could indulge herself in some of the DuPont houses in that area. Almost 11 years later, we’re still hitting […]
Rarely do things converge in such a fantastic way as they have today. First off, we have the Britney Spears trainwreck on the MTV Video Music Awards. But since the VMAs were reportedly a trainwreck (I didn’t watch because I was watching another episode of The Eli Manning Face) can you have a trainwreck within […]
A number of years ago, a friend of ours spoke about how he kept up with changes in pop culture through his subscription to Entertainment Weekly. Since Maria and I were getting increasingly busy, we figured we would check out the magazine and see if it helped us. That was one of the best decisions […]
I really didn’t know what to write about today. I haven’t blogged all week because it’s just been an insane week. We spent the weekend in New York for an early anniversary trip, watching the U.S. Open. You can read more about the trip in this week’s Hobo Trashcan column. So I’m sitting here struggling […]
When I started pledging a fraternity during my freshman year of college, the older guys in the house did all kinds of things to scare the other pledges and me. They told us about all kinds of horrible things that would happen to us. They really scared a few guys. I pretty much took it […]
Dennis Haskins, better known as Mr. Belding from “Saved by the Bell” spoke at the college where I work last night. This was honestly one of the coolest things ever for me. He was really funny and a very nice guy.