Sports Musings: February 2020

Every now and again I’d like to write a few blurbs on sports, namely of the Chicago variety, so I hope those who read who give less than a microscopic fleck of a damn will not be too off their feed if I dabble. Chicago Bears: Whatever Ryan Pace declares that Mitch is the starter,…

Just Plain Mean

Being a kid was weird. It was complicated. I was not kind to many others, particularly at my babysitters. I don’t recall a lot of details, but I do remember a lot of pushing and general mean-ness that I put onto others. Making others cry. There are no doubt people out there, including my sister…

Feed It Once & Now It Stays

When I was between 7-9 years old I started getting into music. We’d listen to a fair amount of typical 90’s stuff together while jumping on a neighbor’s trampoline: All 4 One, Coolio, Alanis Morissette, Salt’n’Pepa, etc. That stuff was fun, but never captured my interest to the point where I’d lose myself in what…

People Suck

Sometimes things just need to end. In 2017 Ringling Bros. circus shut down after 146 years. The concept of The Circus feels like it should have been dead and gone 30-40 years ago, and the fact that it endured in the age of the Internet is remarkable. Yet we now live in the post-Ringling Bros….

Many Happy Returns

I’ve kept a blog informally for many years.  From Blogger, Blogspot, MySpace, Facebook, and any other number of pages that either offered blog posts as a primary or secondary feature, and like so many blogs, it is better served as a dialogue between me and myself, since I don’t expect circulation or promotion of my…