Note: I wrote this blog, but did not publish it, on Aug. 4, 2019. Dad died the next day, less than 24 hours later. I went on the last run I’ll go on while my father’s alive today. Unless, of course, he continues to defy the predictions. In truth, I don’t run that much anymore. […]
Memories of a lifetime during ‘the last run’ Read More »
A few months ago, a longtime friend tagged me in the Facebook post about your favorite music. As the post went, you were to post the covers from the 10 albums that had impacted your life the most. The stipulation was that you were not allowed to post anything but the cover, along with tagging
Webb: About that top 10 album cover list on Facebook Read More »
After years away, Dad was having the time of his life in the early 1970s. Fresh out of jail on a burglary conviction (one of many in his formative years), he was free for the first time in a long time. A strong, handsome man in his late 20s, Dad had a little
Dad’s jam: Creedence, and many more Read More »
Twenty years ago, I drove about three hours from Independence, Kansas, to Springfield, Missouri, for my first Hootie and the Blowfish concert. By that time, the band was at the end of a transition from most popular group on the planet to punchline. That took all of four years, from selling 20 million copies of
Hootie’s back … and better than ever Read More »
When I read Dave Holmes’ wonderful piece in “Esquire” on the Hootie and the Blowfish backlash and how we should all make amends for disparaging a great band, I thought it was the greatest thing I’d read in years. Then it occurred to me: Some of us never stopped loving the South Carolina band, which
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If you’ve seen Oklahoma State play, you know the Cowboys have the best team in the Big 12. It’s not just the explosive offense, opportunistic defense or the leadership of a 40-year-old quarterback (OK, he’s 28). OSU appears to be a team of destiny. When they need a big play or a break, they get one.
Big 12 rankings, Week 8: The Gun N Roses edition Read More »
So many horrible music videos, so little time (not to mention a dwindling number of teams). The Week Two Big 12 (minus-3) rankings are brought to you by god-awful music videos so bad that Vanilla Ice didn’t make the cut. As always, the weekly rankings don’t reflect my predictions for the season, simply how the teams
Big 12 rankings, Week Two: The awful music videos edition Read More »
How could I not write about whining, crying, big baby Texas A&M bailing on the Big 12? As the season starts, a look at how each team feels about the Aggies folding up tent (and week one predictions): OKLAHOMA: Like pretty much everybody, Texas A&M has done virtually nothing against the Sooners the past decade.
So long, Aggies … what the Big 12 (and Cee Lo Green) thinks about Texas A&M leaving Read More »
Switching gears back to music for the second week of the Big 12 basketball rankings, which are brought to you by one-hit wonders from the 1980s and 1990s (plus-one for a road win, minus win for a home loss) … 1. TEXAS (16-3, 4-0, +2): The Longhorns looked bad in the first half, but the
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