October 18, 2014 Vanessa sat up on the couch and wiped the dried rheum from the corners of her eyes. She looked around the loft with satisfaction and pulled open the balcony’s thick blue curtains. “Too much light!” Brandon yelled from the mezzanine. “It’s almost ten o’clock.” She stepped onto the balcony and her throat... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Great Falls – A Serial Novel – Part 2
October 17, 2014 Dennis was hungover but he dragged himself out of bed and walked into the bathroom for a shower. The countertop had the bare essentials of a young single guy living alone: tooth brush, toothpaste, deodorant, comb, razor, shaving cream, etc. It used to be cluttered with hair and skin product and various... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Great Falls – A Serial Novel – Part 1
October 16, 2014 Brandon Fair kept his car a few seconds behind the small U-Haul truck his father drove as they entered the city limits of Great Falls. He promised himself he would never return to his hometown, but the more he heard about his mother’s cancer the more he felt he needed to be... Continue Reading →
O’Brien’s Rules for Drinking
1. Never start with cheap beer. Cheap liquor is okay. 2. Never buy a girl a drink who just walked in, unless you know her, and she's not all that pretty. 3. Drink lagers during the summer, ales in spring and porters in winter. Fall is tricky, depends where you live. 4. For expensive booze,... Continue Reading →
Mayweather – Ortiz – and how Joe Cortez is a terrible referee
It was legit. But if I woke up in the morning with the win Floyd Mayweather, Jr., pulled off tonight, my friends would laugh at me, my mother would be ashamed, and my father would turn over in his grave. You don't do that. You just don't. I'm not sure if it was a move... Continue Reading →
The New England Patriots and the Media – Excerpt One
New England plays Miami in the first game of a double header on Monday Night Football's 2011 opening night. Fergie is singing, but the bar has the volume down, which is probably a good thing. I use the cue to go smoke a cigarette on the bar's back deck/patio. When I get back in the... Continue Reading →
The New England Patriots and the Media
I'm thinking about writing a book about the New England Patriots and their 2011 season. The angle is my research will mainly be based on their coverage by the media. Although the focus will be this season, it'll give a history of the team during the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era. It'll be a week by... Continue Reading →
Ramblings (and a mail bag)
I hope Kevin Durant doesn’t have a career-defining injury. He’s the first player since Penny Hardaway whom I hope succeeds. But, really, 66 at Rucker Park. Building the legend one court at a time. Please come back, Randy Moss. Just one more season. I don’t even care if he goes nuts and doesn’t finish. I... Continue Reading →
NBA Draft – Lottery Teams’ Pipe Dreams
Ahh, the NBA Draft, where teams go from poor to posh. Every year during the NBA playoffs, teams wait for ping pong balls to determine their future dominance or futility, or do they? We're led to believe the first (or second or third) pick will save the franchise and be one step closer to... Continue Reading →
Rory versus Tiger? Um… No.
Halfway through the U.S. Open, I started hearing rumblings and I don’t like hearing rumblings. So I’ll start and stop the conversation right now. Rory McIlroy is not Tiger Woods. What it really means is McIlroy doesn’t have a legitimate chance to surpass Woods’ accomplishments. In modern sports, when we expect someone to be the... Continue Reading →
Mister Saechao 