One year ago my hometown baseball club, the Washington Nationals, were in second-to-last place in the NL East, struggling with issues on and off the field. (At least one well-known local writer–who has since repented–was calling for the manager’s dismissal.) … Continue reading
Wednesday’s post detailed a traffic issue near my home, a description that was supposed to run in October. (Whoops.) Today again we examine a traffic issue near Virginia State Route 7, just a few miles down the road, also serving … Continue reading
Like digging up a relic from the past, mining the vaults of mikeoconnelljr.com brings genuine surprise from time to time. The following piece, which should have been published on October 18, 2019, I found last night in the “events” folder … Continue reading
This weekend I hit the full trifecta of sports on TV. Bundesliga, NASCAR, and Korean baseball. Not exactly the Triple Crown, but it got the job done. Until this week I had sort of dismissed the idea that sports could … Continue reading
Still looking for useful things to watch on Hulu. Well, there are a few, but they can easily be seen elsewhere. What Hulu lacks, of course, and Netflix lacks, and Amazon lacks, is anything from The Walt Disney Company. Disney … Continue reading
This week I finally broke down and ordered Hulu, pretty much the only online streaming service I hadn’t yet subscribed to already. (Now I’ve got them all.) I figured since I can’t buy anything else these days I might as … Continue reading
In this otherwise sportsless world you’ve got to take it wherever and whenever you can. But I draw the line at UFC. To get my sports fix this weekend I started rereading John Feinstein’s Play Ball: The Life and Troubled … Continue reading
Wednesday evening I watched a new comedy special on Netflix. It’s called 23 Hours to Kill. The comedian? One Jerry Seinfeld. Recorded at New York’s Beacon Theatre (back when we used to get together for such things), our host shows us … Continue reading
If you were watching Jeopardy! last night or the night before you were treated to something unusual. Ken Jennings in the middle. First, Monday… Re-airing an episode that was originally broadcast on June 2, 2004, Jeopardy! went old school, showing the … Continue reading
May the Fourth be with you. I’m not sure the first time I heard it, but it wasn’t that long ago (in a galaxy far, far away), and I’ll admit it was pretty funny. At first. You hear it a … Continue reading