One of the last NFL assignments I handled for The Cincinnati Post, back in the day when there was a Cincinnati Post, was what was supposed to be the final game in Cleveland of the city’s beloved Browns. It was Dec. 17, 1995, in my final year covering the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals, led by a nice… Read More Scenes From My Bulletin Board
When I was much younger, living a life much, much different than this one, the thought of having kids, of being a father, was completely laughable to me. I grew up in a family with seven kids. I know how difficult it was for Mom and Dad. I remember the tough times. I remember gravy… Read More Parenthood
While this is posting, thanks to the wonders of the internet and modern technology, I’ll be white-knuckling my way out of Baltimore-Washington International airport, driving to the southern part of Maryland to visit my mom. It’s been a year or so since I last saw her. It’s been a lot longer than that — a… Read More Visiting Mom
https://media.giphy.com/media/3oKIPsU8OC7JhkvY8U/giphy.mp4 We’re stuck. For now. We’ve been looking for a new place to live, or at least a new place to check out to live, for some time now. But it’s been a bit of a slog recently. Not only finding a place. But finding a place to check out. Most of Florida is too… Read More The Next Stop Tour: ???
I have, in my life, made a move or two on a woman that turned out to be, to my clear and complete embarrassment, utterly unwanted. Every dude I know, at least of my age and sexual preference, probably has. Almost certainly has. I remember in a hotel elevator once, late after a night of… Read More Me, too
I bought a new laptop. It has a keyboard. And a screen. It has a bunch of “ports,” which is a fancy laptop-type word for a place to plug things into. It has a good battery so you don’t have to, you know, always plug a plug into a port. After the laptop love of… Read More Know what you don’t know
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