Subtitle: Post Whereby I will Lose All My Readers Because They Could Give a Shit About Sports
Sub-Subtitle: I Promise I Will Write About U2 Tomorrow. For Reals.
The life of a fan is filled with ups and downs. The beginning of a season is full of renewed hope and promise; the idea of winning it all [...]
I’ll get back to my Ireland trip in a sec, I know you really want to hear about how I saw U2 in Dublin. And, of course, the saga of the missing luggage. (23 days and counting)
But first things first. It’s football season! (Woo!) And it started out with a … thud. That was my [...]
My grandfather is dying. He may be shuffling off his mortal coil in the next few days. The last time I saw him he was still walking around, making jokes, poking fun of my grandmother. Now, I’m told, he spends most of the time with his eyes closed. He doesn’t eat. It has not been [...]
I am not a very good housekeeper. It is one of the few things I dislike about myself, you know, if you gloss over all of my body issues. I wish I was the kind of person who was fastidiously neat. Always putting things back where they belonged, cleaning messes up as soon as they [...]
Apropos of Nothing:There is nothing quite like going ape sh!t in your own home. You can use your shrill voice, words that would be frowned upon in the office and wave your arms like a chicken in distress. Then, when it’s all out, pour yourself a glass of Fat Bastard wine, finish off the rest [...]
With all the hubbub surrounding the 25 Things meme, I started to think about what we share about ourselves on the web. Some share more than others, obviously. I choose to remain anonymous, focusing mostly on food and a little bit about me, like my grapple with expensive skin care products and my love of [...]
Happiness is the Eagles beating the Giants to go to the NFC Championship. Happiness is also winning a bet with Sports Fan, so Matty gets to wear an Eagles jersey for the rest of the playoffs this year and all of next season.
Happiness is also one something I’m trying to find more of in my [...]