It’s not quite time to break out the shorts and flip-flops, but that’s how I always feel on baseball’s opening day. This is a day for optimism, even for Pirates fans. This is a day for anticipation, of hot nights at the ballpark or sitting on the porch with a beer and a grilled hot… Read More summer’s here.
We’re through the first weekend of games that matter in the Third Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge, and a group of three contestants have emerged as the clear front-runners. Here’s your complete standings: Carolina Boy: 4 The Wife: 3 Ethel: 3 Father Spoon: 3 Carla: 2 Uncle Crappy: 2 Kewyson: 2 Mr. Burns:… Read More thaucnffc update.
Twitter is preparing for war. Are yinz ready? For the past couple of weeks, Twitter users have been adding colors or flags to their avatars, claiming membership in various teams. The build-up, initially proposed by zefrank, will eventually lead to summer camp-like competitions and the selection of a winner of some kind. The folks in… Read More the home team.
* This space was to have been occupied by an excited post about the prospect of seeing Over The Rhine on Saturday night. * It would have explained how frustrated I’ve been with Pittsburgh’s music scene recently, not because there haven’t been any shows to see but because the concerts I’ve wanted to see have… Read More so. any plans?
Signs that the good day you thought you were having might not have been so good after all: 1. A Porta-Potty blows over and lands on your car. When I returned to my car after the completion of a school board meeting I was covering tonight, this is what I found. Yes. That’s my car.… Read More not so good.
I haven’t yet discussed how I’m doing in the various other basketball pools I’m wasting time on this year. And I should. Because I’m doing pretty well. 1) This is the first year I’ve participated the annual Pittsburgh Bloggers March Madness Challenge, organized by Sportsocracy.org. It attracts bloggers and local celebs alike, and I wasn’t… Read More not bad.
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