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I love this time of year- for TV fans, its a buffet that keeps on giving. As many of you who routinely read my blog will know, I’ve become a bit of a TV-junkie. I’ve admittedly always spent way too much of my time in front of the tube. Luckily …
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Well, I’m finally tying the knot this weekend. It’s been a long, interesting six months or so since our engagement. Between moving the wedding up a year, helping coordinate all the major details, and testing how many I don’t really …
Read moreIn the year or so that I’ve been writing the Links of the Week blog, I’ve been asked more than anything, “Where do you get your links?” Well, I’m subscribed to dozens of RSS feeds, I follow a few hundred folks on Twitter, and I …
Read moreWedding planning is a lot of work. It’s a stretch for me to be complaining about the process, considering I’ve been involved in roughly 8% of decisions, but still, I recognize how hard it is and how many small details are involved. It’s hard, but …
Read moreThis time of year is a tough time to be a Chicago Cubs fan. I know your initial reaction to that statement may be, “Well, every time of year is a tough time to be a Chicago Cubs fan.” But this year is different. The other day, the team tried to trade away …
Read moreSince January, I’ve been planning a wedding. Well, I should say, my fiancée has been planning a wedding. There is a lot that goes into planning a wedding, more than I ever thought before. You see, originally I thought it was fairly simple: book a church, a …
Read moreSo, this week I learned something about what I do: I am not a long form writer. After watching the LeBron James “Decision” last week, I began thinking about how what he did to his fans and had the idea of comparing “The Decision” to …
Read moreIf there are three things that American sports fans like its underdogs, fast breaks, and last-second scores. Luckily for soccer enthusiasts, the latest US World Cup match featured all three. The recent World Cup victory by the U.S. over Algeria certainly …
Read moreLast night, the NBA Finals concluded with the Lakers defeating the Celtics, winning the franchise’s 16th NBA Championship and second in a row. I had gone into morning thinking about how to write this blog intro about the sloppy game (but in a positive …
Read moreIn case you’ve been living in a cave these past few days, allow me to be the first to inform you that the Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL Championship for the first time in 49 years. That’s not to say that I played any part in rooting for them. I …
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