It's been awhile since I shared a photo gallery, so now is as better time as any. Last summer the DC Crew went up to NYC to take in a couple Reds games and chill with our ex-patriot Eric, who had recently moved back to the East Coast from the...
My brother Michael is so in love with the idea of John Calipari as the new UK coach, I tried settling him down with a rather bizarre question:"You're gonna get a life-size blowup doll of Calipari for your room, aren't you?"Michael in about 0.000047 seconds: "If he brings championships to...
On Saturday night I tried to recapture the spirit and thunder of my younger years. Went and saw a solid concert at a small but hip venue (Asobi Sesku was the band, and we caught them at the Rock & Roll Hotel). It was a band I had never heard...
I need Norman Dale. UK is looking for a new coach. It's better to just do it now and get it over with. Pat Forde, a former Louisville journalist that I loathe at almost all times, wrote a well-rationed piece that pretty much sums it up. Mark Story has a...
OK, last section (I think). A few more thoughts as I wrap this up. As said before, catch up with parts 1, 2 and http://thispixelatedlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/vegas-observations-pt-3.html if you need to.>> Gotta give it up for Matt, who surprised us all with his commitment to the tables. Cards be damned, he powered...
Thanks for catching up with me and my Vegas ramblings. Be sure to start with Parts 1 and 2 before proceeding. Done? Good. On with the ramblings ...>> There is nothing better to remind you of home than sitting next to two chain-smoking horse racing fanatics. Shitfire, these two were...
Before you read this, be sure to check out Part 1, as it lays the foundation. Now, on with the random thoughts:>> Perhaps my biggest screwup of the trip was being drunk and believing that Sean would find one of the apps on my iPhone particularly amazing. When it's quiet...
OK, so it's going to be hard to properly recap my entire trip to Vegas, but I need to at least share some random thoughts and experiences that were had. I know this is going to take a bit of space (I'm a long talker and get a bit winded)...
I've always been a big Spike Jonze fan. He's done some great movies, and I think he and Michel Gondry are true visionaries with an ability to tell a unique story when given the proper work.Jonze is a skater boy who ended up becoming quite the film buff. He directed...
It was somewhere around 8 or 9 years ago that I randomly needed a book to read at an airport and picked up Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson. A legal drama about a TV news reporter that has been raped, it was a novel that I found gripping...
Making my way westbound today. Heading out to that oasis in the desert. The place where dreams and bank accounts are grown and shattered (hopefully the former for me).That's right baby, I am headed to Vegas. That wonderland where all my gambling desires are fulfilled. A smaller crew is headed...
Today is Selection Sunday. For someone from Kentucky, this gets marked on the calendar along with birthdays, Derby Day and when the beginning of college basketball begins. But for the first time in my memory that I can aptly recall, Selection Sunday will not be viewed by me. This is...