Currently watching the NIT semi-finals match-up between TCU and UCF on ESPN (#Acronyms). A graphic was just flashed up on the screen talking about how Jamie Dixon, the head coach of TCU, is “The Most Interesting Coach in the World.” The rundown started off promising, noting that he grew up as a child actor and…
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A Quote on Confidence, Taken Out of Context
“The dichotomy between what you believe you can do and what you actually are doing can wreak all sorts of havoc on your confidence.” Having taken this quote completely out of context from RA Dickey’s quasi-autobiography Wherever I Wind Up and knowing that he is a successful professional baseball player, it is more than conceivable to…
Why Do Fans at a Game Cheer When the Camera is on Them?
Every once in a while, I am forced to ask the hard questions. I say “forced” because although no one is physically making me type this, I will lose sleep if I cannot ask these questions over the internet. Do you ever catch yourself doing something, anything, and wondering why you are doing it? I…
Show Me How To Live
I don’t always listen to Audioslave, but when I do, the musical onslaught begins with this song. Sorry Cochise, straight to track #2. It hasn’t always been this way… The ominous atmosphere that acts as a backdrop for the desperate passion existing in the repetitive nature of Chris Cornell’s roaring of “SHOW ME HOW TO…
A Quote on Fiction, Taken Out of Context
“The sense in which the perfect fake becomes the thing it mimics, and this through some strange yet static process reveals some truth about the world.” Well good luck understanding that the first time you read it. I am still not sure that I quite understand its full meaning, especially in my upcoming attempt to…
Dior: Nothing Else Matters
Going through some old notes for blog topics and came across “Charlize Theron: Dior Commercial.” My OCD will not allow me to leave any topic unexplored, so here we are attempting to remember why this stood out to me… Hmmm, I remember now: Macy’s. This goes back to a time when I actually saw commercials,…
Is Zac Efron Married? So True? So False?
Another old topic here, but it could have been from yesterday based on what was learned from the outcome of the TV segment that I will soon reference. Let me set the scene: Cord not yet cut Wife watching E! Correction: Husband watching E! Segment on Zac Efron’s marital status entitled, So True, So False. First…
What Do You Do For Fun?
Today I was asked the most difficult question to date. I was put on the spot. I had no idea how to answer this powerful, sophisticated, clearly well-prepared and thought out question: “What do you do for fun?” I will set the scene. My neighbor had invited me to work out with him as part…
I Told Her What Time It Was…
As I was laying in bed yesterday, being super productive around 3:30 in the afternoon, I came across Randy Johnson’s mullet on ESPN Classic. Normally, I never watch this channel because HD TV is now a thing and the grainy, old footage doesn’t grab my interest. Yes, I am tough talking a television channel. Plus,…