This past Tuesday night my beloved New York Yankees, team of my youth, trailed the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 heading into the ninth and final inning of their relatively meaningless South Bronx contest. I had long given up on the game, … Continue reading
As a rule, movie remakes are pretty terrible, and there was absolutely no reason to remake the 1940 classic version of Pinocchio. (Actually it’s already been remade like 40 times, but I don’t think I’ve bothered to see any of those … Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of fulfilling every father’s dream… taking my son to his first Major League Baseball game. O’Connell Trio made the journey to Nationals Park to see our hometown team (that would be the Washington Nationals) … Continue reading
Beautiful thing about having a podcast and a blog is that if you forget to mention something on one you can mention it on the other. Today’s episode of Math and Musings celebrates the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II. Basically … Continue reading
I’m five years behind the times, but I’ve now seen every episode of Nathan for You, the Comedy Central gem from Canadian funnyman Nathan Fielder. Fielder is the star and the brainchild behind this summer’s HBO hit, The Rehearsal, which got me … Continue reading
And of the two games I was watching this weekend it was my hometown Washington Commanders who came away with a victory, not the heavily favored Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. My fault. I totally jinxed them with Friday’s episode of Math … Continue reading
Today there are a thousand and one obituaries celebrating the life and times of Elizabeth II, the British queen who served longer than any other, and second-longest-tenured monarch in all of recorded human history. Elizabeth died yesterday at the age … Continue reading
There is no manmade force or object that stops Yankee slugger Aaron Judge from homering each day. Just the cruel, cruel fate of Mother Nature and her ill-timed precipitation. After hitting home runs in three consecutive games (and a total … Continue reading
For the past several weeks I’ve been catching up on old episodes of Nathan for You, the Comedy Central offering which aired from 2013-2017. (“Old” is a relative term.) I’m sure I’m not the only person doing this, trying to find … Continue reading
Tomorrow begins a new season of one of my favorite pastimes: watching Notre Dame football. I’ve been doing it for more than 30 years. When you’re a kid you don’t realize that the players are not that much older than … Continue reading