You suck, LeBron
The owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers posted an open letter to fans about LeBron James’ decision to leave the team for the Miami Heat. I think my favorite line is this one: This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown “chosen one” sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children [...]
AJC profiles Bocce ball
I found it interesting that this weekend The Atlanta Journal Constitution (who has in the past years lost some of its luster, in my opinion) had a profile of a family who plays Bocce ball with one another and the aspects of the game itself. I don’t remember now if my mother told me who [...]
Beach Vacation 2010: Day Six quick update
The Bocce ball tournament I mentioned in my last post will continue this afternoon once the rain stops. Currently I’m readying for the drive home alone tomorrow to Ringgold and then back to Rome. Packing up for the return from vacation is not as fun as packing to go to vacation. Le Sigh. Despite the [...]
Vacation 2010, bocce ball
Alligator Point, Fla. – Have you ever played Bocce Ball? It’s a game that’s kind of in between horseshoes and a ball toss – played either as individuals or teams. Bocce requires one person to toss a ball anywhere around a court (this is how we play it) and then one tries to toss larger [...]
Vacation 2010, day one
Alligator Point, Fla – The first days of vacation – from sleeping in the car most of the way down then spending most of the day Saturday busy with doing much of nothing – have come and gone once again. Friday was spent half-comatose from the sleep medication I took, then I had a day [...]
Snapshot from vacation 2010: my view of the ocean upon arrival
When we stay at Beachcomber, I believe one of my favorite houses of all time, I end up taking over the converted porch-to-room. This year, with some furniture moves and a bit of remodeling, I now have a big bed with a pillow top mattress, television and cable box to go along with this spectacular [...]
Officially on vacation
We have arrived at Alligator Point! And for the first time since beginning to come here in 2006, the family has WIRELESS internet and cell signal! More updates coming later. We’re still all unpacking and I just got the wireless hooked up.
World Cup Soccer: US Draws with England
So the World Cup is going on in South Africa this month, and honestly I can’t say I know much of what I’m talking about here. In fact, when I read about the US draw with England in the first round, I thought to myself “I have no idea what this writer is talking about, [...]
Summer Reading
When I was a kid, I hated the idea of summer reading. It was an affront to everything summer represented for a child that is off from school, spending care-free days in the backyard and vacations with the family. As I’ve gotten older and wiser (and have been to college and gotten that pesky English [...]
Why the oil spill is an economy killer
For more than 40 days now, BP – formerly British Petroleum but now just “BP” – has failed time after time to cap the steadily leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. And from the looks of these two Newsweek articles on the political fallout and the fact that BP and the federal government [...]
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