It’s a solid two hours even without traffic to get from my house in Loudoun County to the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. People from Northern Virginia never speak about our flagship state university, down there in, you know, … Continue reading
I’m not exactly sure the last time a Washington baseball team won back-to-back midweek day games, but I’m pretty sure Walter Johnson started one of them.
I’m a big fan of the Twilight Zone franchise, now appearing in its third reincarnation on TV. You remember TV, right? The screen that was like a big computer and you had to tune it at a certain day and time … Continue reading
I’m hardly the first person to point this out. As a matter of fact, the Internet was abuzz with this moments after Michigan State’s win over Duke yesterday evening. Ho-hum Final Four, they buzzed. Buzzed, Tweeted, Instagrammed. There was no … Continue reading
They say the game is dominated by pitchers now. Two of the best squared off yesterday at Nationals Park. That would be last year’s Cy Young winner, Jacob deGrom, and three-time Cy Young winner, Max Scherzer. Quite an Opening Day. … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s plan: baseball all day, college basketball all night. Setting goals is so important. … Continue reading
Like everyone else in the world I am “tidying up” these days, attempting to spark joy in the process. Whether or not I’m achieving true enlightenment I’m not sure, but the Marie Kondo revolution has given me one benefit I … Continue reading
I do my best to patronize the sponsors of things I appreciate. Things like… the NCAA Tournament, which consumes my life every March. Coca-Cola already got me on that new orange vanilla flavor (delicious, by the way), so I thought … Continue reading
March Madness, baseball just around the corner, and a new product from our friends at Coca-Cola. Yes, they keep coming out with new items after 132 years. Just in time for Spring: orange vanilla Coke. Yes, you read that correctly. … Continue reading
At school I call it “March Mathness.” Try to make the traditional office pool as unusual and complicated as possible, so that just picking who has the better mascot isn’t going to work. Or maybe that’s what they want you to … Continue reading