My Relationship with South Florida

When people ask me where I’m from, I tell them Tennessee. While this is an answer, it’s certainly not the complete answer, which happens to be much more complicated. When people ask about my seemingly strange allegiance to Wisconsin-based sports…

Top 5: Sports Fantasies

As you may have heard, the Green Bay Packers are in the Super Bowl after a 13-year hiatus. I’ve been lucky with the Pack, as this is their third trip to the title game in my lifetime, and I’ve already…

The Departure of Captain Obvious

Fridays are normally causes for celebration. Or if not “celebration” per se, at least relief paired with a small bit of joy. However, on Friday morning I was dealt a devastating blow, in what was probably the second-longest conversation between…

All in a Week

Another Friday, and another week gone by. Each passing week brings unfulfilled desires on opposite ends of the spectrum. On one end, it is the desire to complete my contract as quickly as possible and move on to bigger and…

2010: A Retrospective

A PrimerWith the full realization that the New Year is, by in large, completely arbitrary, I believe it is nevertheless important to look back at where I was a scant one year ago. All to often we get caught up…