An Amazing Reminder
Last Sunday was freezing cold in the Twin Cities. If I remember correctly, to that point, it was the coldest day of the year with the wind chill factor making it feel as if it were -25 degrees.
Last Sunday was freezing cold in the Twin Cities. If I remember correctly, to that point, it was the coldest day of the year with the wind chill factor making it feel as if it were -25 degrees.
The year 2016 is going to be a year of starting over for me…and I am both ridiculously excited and absolutely terrified at the same time.
Saturday morning I had a once in a lifetime experience to see the Dalai Lama speak at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis. From the moment I was informed His Holiness was going to be in town, I was incredibly drawn to hear him speak.
Oscar Wilde once said, “Too much sanity may be madness, but the greatest madness of all is to see the world as it is…not as it should be.”
Lately I’ve been trying to show my children classic movies to experience for the first time. Of course, it is wonderful family time, as the three of us kick back, pop some popcorn and take in the flick.
I’m a bit behind on this. Last week, I had the great honor of being the guest on the Life of Dad After Show podcast. You can listen to it by clicking on the Life of Dad pic below…and, please, do give it a listen.
Unless you live under a rock, you are well aware the AMC television show Breaking Bad airs its series finale tonight. Like many, I am anxiously awaiting the finale to see how the saga of Walter White ends and, while I have my guesses as to how it all ends, I will not bore you…
I’ve been selfish this week.
This past Friday, I had a wonderful opportunity presented to me. One which I felt I would have been insane to pass up and, therefore, I jumped at the chance.
Tuesday evening, the kids and I had a pretty mellow night. After dinner, we checked out the new basketball court and tennis court at our apartment complex—which is amazing—and we spent the rest of the evening not doing much of anything. So, why is this worthy of a blog post?
This past Thursday, I had the great opportunity to see The Killers in concert for the first time with my friend Jen. I won the tickets through Cities 97 here in Minneapolis and was excited for two reasons.
This past weekend, my Dad, Step-Mom, Half-Sister and Half-Brother made their annual trip to the Cities. The kids and I had a wonderful time visiting with them, as we always do, but (hoping no offense is taken) the time spent with them was not the highlight of my weekend.
A handful of years ago, on an evening of playing around on Youtube, I stumbled across a musician whom I immediately was intrigued by his music. The artist was a guy I’d never heard of before, but the first few songs I heard were great and I immediately sought out more.
“We know life comes in stages We crash and burn, but that’s how we learn If so these scars will make us Better by the day.” -Dave Barnes “White Flag”
This morning was a morning like many of you have on a regular basis. I looked out the window to see a sunless, gloomy day outside and I immediately thought to myself, “Great, just great.” Those of us in Minnesota are STARVING for the sun. After a long winter, this “spring” with very few appearances…
Ok, so I haven’t been around for a long, long time. This space I created for myself has gone unused for months and I’ve missed it. Life has thrown me a few curveballs since I last posted, but I’m here, I’m alive, I’m stronger and I continue to move forward with positivity in my heart.…
It is nearing two months now since I made the decision to quit sports writing and I’ll admit I was nervous how the transition would go. Of course, I was and am excited at the opportunity to more quality time with my children—and we had a wonderful summer—but there was also the part of me…
Throughout my time covering both the NBA and WNBA, the aspect that meant the most to me was the community out there of fans of the Timberwolves and Lynx. Without question, this community was essentially led by Tim Allen and I am deeply saddened to hear the recent news.
It has been a very surprising and humbling few days. After my announcement earlier this week of my “retirement” from the sports writing world, I was bombarded with words of surprise, sadness and well-wishes for my future from friends and fans on both Facebook and Twitter. Each and every one of the messages I received…
For roughly the last year, there has been something stirring in me. Call it an early start to a midlife crisis, call it insanity or call it someone looking for a higher meaning to their life, but whatever it is, it is the truth. As the weeks and months have passed since this began, the…