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John Wayne died 30 years ago on June 11. Lung cancer. “The Big C,” he called it.

June 9, 2009

Roger Ebert has been keeping a pretty great blog, summarizing a lot of his thoughts on film and life and very big things, as he’s been dealing with cancer. He’s got a great post about a man who’s an oft-mentioned legend in my Dad’s family. (They even visited with him a few times, and have pictures to prove it.)

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Unordered List

May 9, 2009

Move: Success! Email me for our new mailing address in Canyon, Texas, USA. Or email me if you want to hear how I kept my cool when something happened that made me want to cuss out an old lady. I’ve developed a red-headed temperament in the last few years, believe it or not. I held it in check, and I’m still patting myself on the back for it. I’d love for you to join me.
Baseball fandom: Fail! I genuinely tried that first weekend, [read on…]

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Re-Opening Day

April 6, 2009

One of the podcasts I listen to religiously (which is easy to do when you spend 3+ hours a day on the road) is The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons. I’ve mentioned Simmons before, and while I don’t read his article regularly (mainly because ESPN is anti-RSS for some reason, and I’ve come to avoid [...]

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A man after my own heart

April 5, 2009

I guess the David Robinson post had me thinking about ’90s basketball, because my mind wandered to Charles Barkley’s “I am not a role model” Nike commercial. No kidding, only 15 minutes after thinking about what a role model should be, I read this, and may have found my very own.

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The Admirable

April 5, 2009

David Robinson was selected for the Hall of Fame this week. It wasn’t really news, because it wasn’t surprising.
I’ve been a Spurs fan since I was a kid, but we didn’t have cable, so I didn’t get to see a lot of his career. Only the occasional NBC Sunday game and the playoffs.
I can’t give [...]