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Today is the final day of August, though as long as you don’t own a thermometer summer ended some time ago. It’s hard to still think it’s “summer” when you’re a full week into the school year, regardless of whether … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2016
The new darlings of the sports world are a group of 11 and 12-year-olds from Endwell, New York. They play baseball. And they are the new Little League World Series champions. Endwell is but a pop fly from where I … Continue reading
An article in last Sunday’s Washington Post describes the horrors that would be inflicted upon the art world were Donald Trump to become president. Yup, this was a news story. Theoretical imaginations of life under an authoritarian dictator. Good Lord. … Continue reading
Can you believe it? Back to school today? August 24? Well, I did get 10 days off in a row last January for a snowstorm. Anyway, I’m happy that for the first time in 17 years I know where I’m … Continue reading
It’s always a bit of a letdown when the Olympics are over, no? What to do each night now that I no longer have the go-to thing to watch? Baseball? Beltway series this week? I think this’ll do.
Sunday is my sixth wedding anniversary. Six isn’t exactly a milestone but a day to celebrate nonetheless. Heck, when you’re as lucky as I am, you celebrate every day. Here’s to Mrs. O’Connell and the boy (our boy) who makes … Continue reading
It’s in the news every so often: the possibility of the Washington Redskins football club moving to a new home when its lease expires at FedEx Field. It interests me because one of the locations discussed is my home county … Continue reading
There is a new road open to the public as of August 4 just a stone’s throw from where I live in Sterling, Virginia. The road leads to nearby Ashburn, home of “Redskin Park” (pardon the language), the Washington Redskins’ … Continue reading
The final member of our nonagenarian quartet joins the ranks tomorrow, assuming… you know. For the past six decades our government has been assuming and anticipating this person’s demise, though no one has ever clung to life as the man … Continue reading
I’ll call it surprising and somewhat bizarre, but Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is playing his final game in pinstripes this Friday night. Apparently it was not his decision. It’ll be to little fanfare (compared to that bestowed upon Derek Jeter … Continue reading