I have been coaching for 17 years. This is my 7th year coaching Little League baseball. We have only had compettitve playoffs for the last 2 years. The first year we had competitive playoffs our team was good, but got knocked out in the first round. The next year our team was given the first overall pick in the draft. The following year, they …
The boys have worked so hard all year. We were an expansion team, so we didn't have any returning players like all the rest of the league. With the hopes of being the team to beat in the future, we drafted young so that we would be very good in the upcoming years. We didn't expect to compete this season, but then we were able to pick-up the one …
My wife's father has been extremely sick for a while now. Two days ago, his wife, my wife's stepmother went in for brain surgery to remove a tumor. She has additional lung surgery scheduled to follow in a couple of weeks to remove more cancer. Yesterday, her sister passed away who had been battling cancer for only a short while. My father-in-la …
Recently Rob Portman, Senator and perennial presidential candidate wrote an op-ed piece for CNN. He not only announced a philosophical change in his belief on gay marriage, but also described the intellectual process by which the change occurred. This is not a piece debating gay marriage, but rather a discussion on breathing room and tolerance for …
Yes society was saved by the recent court ruling banning large sodas. It was an obvious ruling that couldn't have surprised anyone, but I suppose it wasn't the type of thing people get too wound up over. Take away their right to a gun or an abortioin and people lose their minds, but big sodas...seems a little silly to get upset over. As I was s …
There was some controversy surrounding the Academy Awards the other night involving raunchy humor. Many were upset/offended by things said, be it on the stage or on the internet. The show asked Seth McFarlane to host, which should have brought with it some realization of his type of humor. This seems to be just a continuation of the whole Ricky …
Recently, a controversy (albeit a small one) erupted around Beyonce. The singer was slotted to perform the National Anthem at the President's inauguration and someone, I'm assuming her, made the decision to pre-record it and lip-synch it. The ensuing fuss was probably more than was needed, but I found it not to be as indicative of her talent or …
I heard about it this year while watching the Super Bowl but I never really thought it to be a real possibility. Playing the Super Bowl on a Saturday instead of on "Super Bowl Sunday." Now they are talking about it for next year at Giants...er uh...Met Life Stadium. Really, it makes complete sense particularly since they extended the Super Bowl b …
My 11 year-old son recently got accepted into the SOAR program at school, which is an after school group that focuses on engineering, flight and space. We were both thrilled. I was reminded of a conversation a couple of weeks earlier that we had in the car. Out of nowhere on the way to a hockey game, he says, "You know dad, when they invent a t …
If you partake in the Facebook Phenomenon, you've undoubtedly stumbled across those participating in the gun control exchange. I have no interest in propogating that debate in this forum, but what I would like to engaeg in is how some on Facebook react to such discussions with anger and contempt. I have heard people literally say (more often to o …
Johnny sat in the dark room. He knew he was capable of doing what he had to do. He could write it off as simply revenge, but deep down inside he knew better. He knew that there was a combination of destiny and history all being blasted into one forsaken explosion that was about to shift the axis of the balance of power in the world of organized …
A few nights ago I engaged in a conversation with another gentleman about his feelings on aging. He was a bit older than me, perhaps in his late 50's. A fairly fit man, he was describing his frustration with how he is perceived as being "older", yet he doesn't feel "older". He wasn't just rebelling against people's opinions, because he acknowled …
Ester's guest blog spurred my thought process when she spoke about her fears regarding physical conditioning. I too have resolved myself to overcoming fears in the upcoming year. I have always considered myself mechanically challenged. I know it is more an interest and time factor than an aptitude factor because occasionally when I have guidance …
Other than Tommy, it was the first Broadway show I had ever seen with my wife and we saw it twice more after that. It was incredible, but I must admit that I had forgotten much of it having not seen it in a while. My wife was dying to see it, so I took her to see it the day after Christmas (OK I was excited to see it as well, it was definitely …
It's been a rough couple of years. There was some trepidation heading into the holidays. There were times where fear that the world was falling apart around me appeared to be real and weighed heavily on my soul. Sandy, Newtown, now Webster ripped us emotionally from comfort zones. Even beyond major national tragedies, everyday challenges likes …
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