Folks, I have to apologize. I normally would have had this update ready by midweek at the latest, but real life got in the way in a pretty significant manner this week. But writing about basketball — and the Fourteenth Kind Of Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub*)… Read More not that terrible.
I had to come sit outside. Away from TV, my phone, music in the kitchen. Just the moon, a few stars, some wispy clouds and the soft lights of our front porch. It had been a gorgeous day, and it was still warmer than you’d expect for a late-March evening in Pittsburgh. I didn’t know… Read More i wasn’t ready.
Sister Jean says it’s go time. And we never argue with Sister Jean. Because you never argue with a Chicago nun. But we don’t need to be afraid of Sister Jean — or of rogue yardsticks: There is championship basketball on our screens and the Fourteenth Kind Of Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge… Read More FKOAUCNFFC (BTYBPP*) tip off.
Folks, it’s crunch time. If you’re entering the Fourteenth Kind Of Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub*), you’ve got just a little while — noon today, specifically — to get your entries in to me. If you’re still on the fence about entering, let met remind you of… Read More out of time (almost).
An NCAA tournament without Coach K and Dook? Eh. We’ll manage. The Fourteenth Kind Of Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub*) without you? That would be a shame. But you’re in luck, boys and girls! Unlike years past, the first round of the NCAA tournament doesn’t start until… Read More with or without you.
One year ago today, I sat down at my desk in the newsroom, to start work for the day and to assess what I might need from my cube to make working at home a little more comfortable. I didn’t need to bring much, I thought — I mean, how long could this thing last?… Read More one year later.
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