I’m going to be real honest with you, this may will turn into a rant… I sat down this morning for my routine of sipping a freshly brewed cup of coffee and to read the news. The first article I came across dealt with the stripping of seven consecutive Tour de France titles from American… Continue reading The Rant : Lance Armstrong
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The First Step is the Hardest
There are many variations of the quote, but the essential meaning I’d like to convey is this; “The first step is the hardest.” I’m intimately aware of this fact. I smoked cigarettes for years. It was something I inherited from my parents, who had both begun smoking in an age when smoking was considered cool… Continue reading The First Step is the Hardest
The Crack of the Bat
I don’t know what I like more, the smell of the grass or the smell of the hot dogs. Even a frosty beer has that aroma to it, though I’ve become quite a beer snob as of late and ballparks don’t serve good beer. Or as I like to call it…beer. Ooohhh, I like the… Continue reading The Crack of the Bat
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It
“A great teammate” Mickey Mantle, when asked what he wanted written on his tombstone. To be honest, I didn’t have a plan for this post. But I knew I wanted to talk about Mickey Mantle. An online friend and I had been talking baseball recently…Washington Nationals baseball to be exact. A hot, young prospect made… Continue reading When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It