Archive > January 2010

Square Pegs and Round Holes

Please, correct me if I’m wrong, but am I the only person in America who fits these two conditions?

Is a fan of Conan “Coco” O’Brien
Is happy to see him leave the Tonight Show

Throughout high school and college, I was as big a Conan fan as it got.  Late Night with Conan O’Brien was an oasis in [...]

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The Fine Line Between Greed and Competition

About one year ago, one of the top stories in Major League Baseball involved the Los Angeles Dodgers offering Manny Rameriz $25 million for one year.  To play baseball.
That wasn’t the story.

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Mothers Versus Mother Nature

A couple of days ago I fell upon an article in the USA Today that was detailing the destruction caused by the unseasonably cold weather in the southern part of the country  (don’t be alarmed, this is not a weather rant).  Apparently, the plummeting temperatures has more of an effect than making Floridians dust off [...]

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The Seasonal Aisle

Don’t worry, this isn’t another Midwest weather rant.  Or is it?
It is.  Sorry.  I’ll keep it short and sweet.
I went back to the Midwest (voluntarily) again over New Years Eve.

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