I quit drinking a long time ago for various reasons … none of which are very dramatic or interesting. But last year, as a joke, I claimed to have made a New Year’s resolution to “start drinking again.” How’s that for counter-culture, messed up? Well … as New Year’s resolutions tend to go, I have […]
Entries from December 2015
Bowl Season Coming To End & Not A Drop To Drink!?!
December 31st, 2015 · Tags: Cities · Sports
Armed Forces Bowl: Goff’s Bear Raid Overwhelms Air Force
December 30th, 2015 · Tags: Cities · Sports
For all of the football philosophers out there, the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl proved this. IF two teams are pretty much equal in defensive skills and physicality, the team that airs it out vs. the run-oriented team will dominate. It’s all about scoring efficiently. Many repeat the cliche, “Defense wins championships.” But, […]
Tweeting With Wi-Fi: Life’s Good At Armed Forces Bowl
December 29th, 2015 · Tags: Cities · Wi-Fi
Yes … in the early days we suffered a lot of slings and arrows in the sports media world when when dared to try out this “newfangled ‘tweeter’” in our social media and sports coverage. Hmmm … Pretty sure it has taken over the sports world. And is that a blessing that Johnny Football is […]
Washington Huskies Take Zaxby’s Heart Of Dallas Bowl
December 27th, 2015 · Tags: Cities · Sports
“Are we on offense or defense?” That’s what I asked my teammate Les, just before we lined up. He set me straight and pointed where to line up, and the quarterback threw me a pass, that I caught. (Ha … I didn’t make very many yards after that catch, but then I […]
Joy Toy The World … Gadgets Before Wi-Fi
December 23rd, 2015 · Tags: Cities · Gadgets · Satire · Wi-Fi
After the recent change of address for the world headquarters of PingWi-Fi.com, the first thing I did was set up the Wi-Fi hotspot, of course. Then I contacted The Vega Enterprise editor, “The Q,” to request an address change for my subscription to the hometown paper — a news gathering organization dating back to 1948. […]