A SECONDARY PASTIME

I’m going to steal a line from Remember the Titans to begin this. “Listen up. I don’t care if you’re black, green, blue, white or...

When I was in Cameron last weekend, I had a perfect view of the full Duke team during the national anthem. Sung beautifully I may add by...

All my stories have been on planes lately. But I have been on a lot of planes, so I’m not going to apologize about it. This Tuesday, I...

Delta moved my seat to 14B without my permission. It bothered me but I am in an eventful seat. I’ll get to that. I’ve been bothered...

I texted my friend on December 27th and kept it simple: “Do you want to come over at 1pm on the 1st for ASU Texas” I don’t remember the...

Right? I was always taught “hard work pays off.” I never really knew what it meant but my parents and enough smart people around me said...

I fear this may be longer than my usual 3-minute punch. I’ve wanted to write multiple entries over the past few weeks; however, free time...

I read this in a fortune cookie after concluding a meal at P.F. Chang’s in Dearborn, MI. It was a table for one. Due to my travel...

I’m going to make a bold statement. The Manningcast was the best thing to come from Covid. It is a brilliant alternative method to watch...

For every week for the past at least ten weeks, I have been day dreaming about writing about Miles. However, it wasn’t going to be about...

Have you ever felt that way? Thought those same exact thoughts? A concise sentence of only four words identifying your craving for a...

With a capital C. I’ve always loved commercials. Since the age of knowing what a loose definition of a TV commercial was, I have been...

Yes, my wife is rolling her eyes at the title. “Not another tirade on how bad phones are for us,” she’s exclaiming to her imaginary...

I’ve always considered and advertised myself as an old soul. Someone who believes in personal connection, sitting around a fire, talking...

Alex and I walked 18,000 steps around Portland, Maine yesterday. She requested an early start and I obliged. The first stop was a bakery...

I left my phone on the coffee table for the night after spitting out a short text to our CEO. The evening didn’t need a phone. It...

I want to point out that I am writing this in seat 9E. It’s a middle seat. And in between a young woman who did the hood over eyes...

The first time I woke up in Atlantic City I was hungover. A handful of us from work were invited on a party bus through a third-party...

Last week in Chicago, it was 72 degrees. Walking home from work with a winter coat, it was hot. Everyone was holding their coats on the...

I had a college essay title “The Purple Mountains.” I ended up nixing it for one that highlighted the importance of being yourself,...