Big news on the homefront. Well, homes front. As of yesterday my current home, [REDACTED], has been my place of residence for eight years and 11 days, moving into second place on my all-time list. I moved into my current address … Continue reading
The best seats I ever had to a sporting event were at EagleBank Arena for a George Mason basketball game. Season tickets, actually, and I was in the second row right behind one of the baskets. Okay, I was a … Continue reading
Not too terribly excited about the Bucs-Chiefs Super Bowl to be honest. One note, though, and you heard it here first. We still might witness a Tampa Bay double in 2020. (See here.) If the home team (that would be the … Continue reading
Now this is a real shot in the arm! One step closer to getting back to reality. Feels good. … Continue reading
Update on the “take me to your leader” joke… Alien comes to Earth, the morning of January 20 of all things. Predictably, alien says, “Take me to your leader.” Me: Um… Now? … Continue reading
There are two greatly-hyped movies on Amazon Prime right now celebrating Black culture in the 1950s and ’60s. One I have mentioned before. That would be Sylvie’s Love, and it is one of the best films I’ve seen, big screen or … Continue reading
New coach, new goaltender. Six goals from six different skaters against only 26 opponent shots? I could have been the coach and goaltender. Well, that might be a bit of a stretch, but local NHL team (that would be the Washington … Continue reading
I’m in the middle of two new documentaries airing on “TV” right now. Tiger, of course, from HBO, the two-part story of Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, as though no one has heard anything about the man who’s been world famous since … Continue reading
Sports are supposed to be a pleasant diversion from the calamities of real life, no? Notre Dame out, Washington Football Team out. Wizards dead last in the NBA. And tonight I’ve got the most uninteresting championship game I’ll have seen … Continue reading
Wednesday evening was the first time this season I’d seen my local college basketball team, the Patriots of George Mason, play a home game on TV. Playing down the road from me in Fairfax, Virginia, the Patriots dropped their in-state … Continue reading