Archive For October 24, 2017
Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul; now it’s trying to save its body. ― George Carlin The old man was exhausted. Early is squirrelly. Forced to move up his run an hour or so, due to a happily rare doctor’s visit. The old man’s routine was his armor. If he could just keep…
There are fireworks in my head. Four or five other guys whispering at my ear. From the inside. I have spent all my life simply trying to stay calm and get along. Ha. Haha. Ha. I can hear the laughter and I know who you are. Sent a buddy a poem, draft form, but finished. …
“Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads?” The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It’s come to the point where you almost can’t run unless you can cause people to salivate and whip each other with big sticks. You almost have to be a rock star to get the kind of…
There’s quite a difference between not conforming and not being able to conform. On reflection – there’s a glare – every momentous mistake ever made was when he was trying to do what he thought other folks wanted or needed or demanded. Or it was just that time in life. What was expected. Or he…
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance – George Bernard Shaw Many years ago, I wrote a few notes about beloved and astounding relatives. My aunt, officially thirty-five percent disabled and half the rest of the time not feeling real good, works four days a week, then…
Making it to the top is one thing, thriving on the pressure it can bring is another. by Peta Bee Talent is never enough to succeed in sport. What’s required to make it to the top is a complex interplay of physical and emotional factors. Even those who rise through the ranks are not guaranteed to…
Watching a bizarrely colored football team, I realized October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Another public service assignment from Summer, 1995. – JDW A promise made. As 36-year-old Susan G. Komen lay dying of breast cancer, her sister, Nancy Brinker, promised to dedicate her life to cancer education, treatment and research. Since its inception in…
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has issued a warning: If Congress doesn’t pass President Trump’s tax overhaul bill, the stock market is going to tank. “There is no question that the rally in the stock market has baked into it reasonably high expectations of us getting tax cuts and tax reform done,” Mnuchin told Politico, noting…
A drug-free life is a champion’s life. Coach didn’t play the game for the money, he played because he loves the game. He played so he could get up before dawn and go to the weight room and push iron until he couldn’t move another muscle. He played so he could run extra laps in…
Apparently, these are notes for a meditation on life and teams and sport and play. Dated November 30, 1995. – JDW The idea is this. Duel Meet as a football story. A tall, fast, athletic type, but white, plays defensive back, a honky Neon Deion Sanders. Cornerback. talented, individualistic, spectacular, flamboyant. Swaggered onto the field…