By Wink Tired of sports yet? Sorry. I have just one more topic to hit. At the beginning of this season an Oregon University (Fighting Ducks!) running back was suspended because he punched an opponent in the face. This was a disgraceful act, and the player was immediately removed from the team. I repeat, removed [...]
By Wink FOOTBALL: Do you prefer college or pro football? It pretty much depends where you are. If you live in Philadelphia, chances are pretty good you are a pro football fan. If you live in Oklahoma (anywhere in Oklahoma) you are almost assuredly a college fan. There is really no wrong answer to which [...]
By Wink We survived our recent camping adventure. A number of years ago a few of my friends and I just did this as a lark. We knew of a great place to canoe, and two or three of us took the seven hour drive on up there. It was such a good time that [...]
By Wink These are the dog days of summer. There is almost nothing interesting happening, at least in OUR corner of the world. The only political diversion is the process of approving Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court justice. Because politics is a never-ending game, some conservatives tried to inflate some of her off-handed [...]
By Wink Yikes. Is it baseball season already? Wow, time to join in. Yes, we know the season started many weeks back, but it takes a while for us to get warmed up. We mean ‘warmed up’ quite literally, because it can be stinking cold at those early season games, but all is well now, [...]
By Wink The NBA has produced many exciting moments this year, but only one situation that can be truly described as a tragedy. In Orlando, during the playoffs, Magic fan Ernest Provetti had secured two seats right next to the Magic bench, in row one, to watch the game with his 12 year old son, [...]
A huge congratulations to the University of Connecticut (U Conn) women’s basketball team, and their outstanding head coach, whats-his-name. At the beginning of the season U Conn was deemed the best in the nation, and the logical pick to win the national championship. So how did they do? They won all 39 games by double-digits, [...]
