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On the Death of a Friend, 30 Years Later 3 Jul 2013 | 02:23 am
Tomorrow, July 3, 2013 is the 30th anniversary of the death of a close childhood friend of mine. I originally wrote this post in 2008 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death. It seemed ap...
Mike Responts 1960-2012 11 Sep 2012 | 02:55 am
I’d had enough. Sitting behind my microphone co-hosting the morning show on the SportsFan Radio Network in 1997, my blood was boiling as my co-host was ripping my argument to shreds. Not only didn’t h...
The End Of An Era 9 Dec 2011 | 11:28 am
Nothing has drawn me out of hiding to post here in over a year, including even the 2011 World Series, which was the most enjoyable sports moment of my life. But today I feel the need to write somethin...
For Whom The Ball Bounces 4 Aug 2010 | 03:12 am
Just when you think it can't be done any more perfectly, just when you go and name your list of people who are improbably still alive "Fess Parker Memorial" list (after he who, after dying a few month...
Admit It: You Thought Of Me 28 May 2010 | 03:52 am
More and more, when some old famous person that nobody realized was still alive dies, I get people saying to me, "I thought of you when I heard." So, c'mon, 'fess up. When you heard that Art Linklett...
Requiescat In Pace 26 May 2010 | 01:58 am
I see that Paul Gray, bassist for the death metal band Slipknot has died. That's too bad. He looked like a nice guy.
Odds And Ends 19 May 2010 | 09:09 am
Now a good couple of years into my 40's, I do not find evidence for my rapidly advancing age wanting. As I often tell people, it's as if around the age of 33 someone hit "fast-forward" on the tape pla...
Sorry, Charlie 9 Apr 2010 | 07:28 am
Since I know you've been dying for me to acknowledge it (get it? Dying for me to acknowledge it? I kill me.), despite being caught up in Butler's NCAA title bid, it did cross my radar that John Forsyt...
One Shining Moment 6 Apr 2010 | 03:51 am
In light of Butler's appearance in tonight's NCAA Championship game (a sentence I cannot believe even as I write it), I thought it would be appropriate to adapt and revise some thoughts I posted here ...
Scroogy Christianity 2 Apr 2010 | 03:19 am
In our pampered, Western, American lives, rich with comfort and luxury, there is no question that Christians can (and often do) become lazy and complacent. Our concern for the lost and zeal for the gl...
