I’ve been bummed out by the impending departure of Tony Kornheiser from ESPN Radio’s lineup. TK is quitting the show at the end of the month to concentrate more on the Pardon The Interruption TV show and his real job, which apparently is as a columnist for the Washington Post (Kornheiser was a writer? Who… Read More things we learned from Mr. Tony

OK, there’s no car of doom. At least, there isn’t a red one parked on the street in front of my house. But, as is my style, I try to make things as lively as possible. And that’s why I spent the entire morning at a Honda dealership in the North Hills. See, the window… Read More uncle crappy and the car window of dooooooom

Wow. I just had a Marlboro Red for the first time in a while. Yum. I used to occasionally buy packs of Reds or Camel Filters, just for the extra kick in the ass … I could only take one pack at a time because my lungs and throat would eventually explain in no uncertain… Read More smoking makes you cool…

Last weekend’s Groundhog party/convention/reduction was exceptional, in large part because of the effort of our pledges. They kicked things off very well, presenting the female elders with corsages — something that’s never before been done. Fred’s efforts with making rutabagas edible were well-received. After stinking up the house while experimenting with fries (which we tried… Read More battered ‘bagas

Posting from work, and not much is going on. I have to move over to the other side of the newsroom in a few minutes to watch all three local 11 p.m. newscasts to see if we’ve missed anything that I’ll have to scramble for before the paper is done. I’ve been reading other blogs… Read More manifesto in 10 minutes

After I went through all the hassle of changing the name for this beast, it occurred to me that the name might need some ‘splainin. I am an uncle. My friends/family/wife may or may not agree that I’m crappy, depending on how crappy I’ve been lately. I Googled myself (that sounds like fun…) when I… Read More unkul krappie