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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Passing notes

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I previously blogged about a quote from Louis Masotti that I referenced many times when I was a college debater. My junior year affirmative...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Natural disaster

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On August 25 the huge oak tree in front of our house dropped a large branch during a microburst from a storm. Later that night, it rained an...
Wednesday, August 09, 2023

Beach week and DC Stopover

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My family returned to the Delaware beaches this summer for the first time since 2017. My spouse's sister and her family also came over f...
Saturday, August 05, 2023

20 Years Later: 3 Nights in August by Buzz Bissinger

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This book has been on my radar for a long time. It was published to some acclaim in 2005 and concerns a three game baseball series   that...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Elly De La Cruz

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A friend invited me to attend the major league baseball game between his beloved Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds o n Tuesday, Ju...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Michigan Beer 2023 update

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I'm going to use this post to summarize my recent and prior visits to Michigan brewpubs. This is one instance when Google Timeline dat...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Detroit

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Earlier this month, my spouse and I drove north through Detroit, entered Ontario at Port Huron / Sarnia for a long weekend in Canada, and th...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Brooklyn

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After my spouse and I departed Pittsburgh , we headed east to visit our youngest daughter in Brooklyn. She's moved to a slightly differe...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Pittsburgh

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A few weeks ago we drove to Pittsburgh and took in a Pirates day game against the Colorado Rockies and then visited the Andy Warhol museum t...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

2023 Bolts from the Blue

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As I have previously written here, I began playing in the Hardy House fantasy baseball league in 1989. It was named for the building on th...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Oscars 2023

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The past few weeks, my spouse and I have been viewing many of the Oscar nominees. We saw several over the course of 2022, but quite a few ...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Best Films of 2022

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Below, I have posted the  annual list produced by Metacritic  that reflects an aggregation of about 300 "Top 10" film lists produc...