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Cooper Flagg

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...

People Need People

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...

The Verizon Wireless Halftime Report

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...

The Chick Fila Peach Bowl

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...

A for Effort

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...

No Title

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...

ManningCast

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...

Miles

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...

I Need to Write

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

I Love Commercials

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...

Addiction at its Finest: Phones in Steam Rooms

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...

Signs of Getting Older

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

I Just had the Best Dinner of My Life

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...

A Night at the Men’s Gay Choir

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...

The Difference of 42 Minutes

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...

$8,400

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...

Twisters

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...

The Fire in the Desert Sky

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

A Ship is Safe in a Harbor

It was a crisp night in New York – one where I didn’t prefer to have my hands out of my pockets for more than two minutes traversing the...

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