One of my all-time greatest idols turns 90 years old tomorrow, still going strong after 63 years at the same job. Hugh Hefner, Editor-in-Chief of Playboy magazine and hero to men everywhere, will celebrate birthday 90 tomorrow I’m sure in … Continue reading
Residents: We are not amused. What a great headline. Seriously. You may recall a couple months ago I told you about Loudoun County’s “Nighttime Economy Ad Hoc Committee.” That’s an ad hoc committee of the Loudoun Economic Development Advisory Commission. … Continue reading
I like how Opening Day is now spread over two full days, especially given the marquee matchups to which we were treated yesterday afternoon and evening. (And how about Marlins Man showing up in KC? Awesome.) Today, of course, is … Continue reading
Due to circumstances I cannot explain, this will be the final post ever at mikeo… who am I kidding? I can’t even type it with a straight face. No April Fool’s jokes here: too many awesome things happening in the … Continue reading
Not caring about sports yesterday I started leafing through the other sections of the newspaper. There I found this week’s sign that the Apocalypse is upon us… Man sues Sweetgreen over salad-ordering app. Yup. Lawsuit in the works because a … Continue reading
Saturday evening I was counting the money in my head. No, in my hand. It was there in my hand. Virginia, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Oklahoma. I was imagining how I’d use that office pool money. Something silly? Something … Continue reading
That awkward moment when you realize that after spending several days agonizing over which teams to pick, and several more days watching unlikely upset after unlikely upset, you sit down on a Thursday evening and watch all four higher-seeded teams … Continue reading
For my money President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week—the first such trip by a sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 years—is an empty gesture at best and an embarrassment at worst. Would someone please get me a president who … Continue reading
Well, they don’t call it March Predictable. Amidst all the upsets and near-upsets we find comfort in the continuity of chaos, do we not? And that delicate struggle between wanting to see something amazing and wanting to keep our brackets … Continue reading
When the first real day of the NCAA Tournament falls on St. Patrick’s Day you can be pretty sure very little work is getting done after about noon. Topped only by the lack of work done the next day before noon. … Continue reading