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Jun 21

The Five Best Subscriptions Out There

An absence of 71 days, followed by a day with two posts. Not bad. Like a lot of people, I spend way too much time online, on my phone. It is the hub of my life. That’s where I get my email. That’s where I go on social media. That’s…

Best Apps

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Jun 21

As I Was Saying….

The last post I made on here was on April 9th — two and a half months ago. The reason for this isn’t because I haven’t had anything to say, or because I was busy, or found other interests. Quite the opposite, in fact. The reason that I haven’t posted…

The Return

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Apr 9

My First Date

My First Date First, before I get started, is anyone else having a hard time posting stories using the Medium app? It says to click on my mug but it isn’t working. I’ve tried Safari, my iPhone and my iPad and nothing. So this is being written on my MacBook…

First Date

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Apr 2

Four For Dinner

A favorite question that comes up is who would you like to have if you could have a dinner party with any four people; living or dead. …

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Mar 27

Six Degrees of PGar500 (Inaugural Edition)

For a long time, I have always had in mind the concept of Six Degrees of PGar500. The challenge to me is basically to pick two entities as random, and tie them together in six mini-essays. Kind of like how any actor can somehow be connected to Kevin Bacon in…

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Mar 25

It Ain’t Over Until It’s Over, March Madness Edition

You’ve seen the ‘Lily in the Madness’ commercial where Lily Adams (a sweetheart) talks about how long the last 10 seconds of a game take. Review the call. Time out. Another time out. 5 second violation. Another time out. Oh, and upon review put another two seconds on the clock…

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Mar 24

And the non-winners are….

From the time it became the standard, I have abhorred ‘..and the (award) goes to…’ At best, this is yet another ‘victory’ for the politically correct. And it makes me angry. Even more so now. What’s the reason for this? ‘Well, it implies that the other nominees are losers.’ Bullshit…

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Mar 21

I Don’t Like You. Sorry Not Sorry.

‘I don’t know what the secret to success is. But I DO know what the secret to success is. And that is, trying to please everybody’ — Someone smarter than me, a long time ago I was on Twitter a while back talking about how I don’t like Kermit the…

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Mar 14

A Creative Approach To A March Madness Bracket

Over 20 years ago when I was listening to Mike and the Mad Dog, Mike discussed a bracket pool he was in. The pool awarded points for each round, 1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc. But the twist was each round offered bonus points based on…

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Mar 13

Non-Sports Sports Appointment TV, 11 Alive, and a case for a Power Seven

One of the biggest signs that the thirst for sports in this country is huge is that the announcement of the bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament is appointment television. Like the NBA draft, and virtually all NFL off season activities, people are going to be parked in front of…

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