It has been a long, difficult summer for me in the realm of sport. The baseball team is a freaking joke. I could vent my frustration, filling pages, but I’ll not bore you so. On Thursday, I learned that […]
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Today is the final day of June. The Phillies are 7 games under .500 and 10 games behind the first-place Washington Nationals. The season is over. Cut the cord. This is not a panicked, “typical Philly fan” post. The result […]
-Why in the sam hell has there been stories across news outlets on the demise of the Titanic? The ship went down long ago. How is it still relevant? Who freaking cares? -I am continually bewildered that the spread of […]
On the Flyers…I do not know what changed, but since the win in a shootout against Calgary, Ilya Bryzgalov has been siiiiick. The dude has not given up a goal in his last three starts. In typical Flyer fan fashion, […]
Well, the race to see who can be first to post on Facebook about the death of Joe Paterno blew up in everyone’s collective face. The reports of his death are, seemingly, premature. I went to Penn State. Go State. […]
-Yesterday, as I was getting ready to go out, I watched some of the Red Wings v. Bruins game. I had a distinct feeling of missing goaltending. My accident has compromised my balance and coordination. Even if I regained most […]
The myopia of students, alums, and fans of Penn State is appalling. Joe Paterno’s own complacency dinged his legacy. He must be accountable for his inaction, which, while it may not be legally culpable, is morally reprehensible. Thus, he must […]
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the […]
The Philadelphia Phillies will not win the World Series in 2011, because the club’s closer is average, at best. Injuries and an inconsistent offense will not prevent the Phillies from winning the championship this year. The addition of Hunter Pence […]
“The magnificence here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone, and ours only for a time.” D.H. Lawrence.