I thought I had already said goodbye to Derrick. When I found out last week that he had died, I realized I was wrong. And this was harder than I thought it would be. I hadn’t seen Derrick since … my wedding, maybe, almost 17 years ago? I have a more definite memory of my… Read More another lifetime ago.
I’m watching the Browns play the Ravens in a Monday Night Football matchup that actually sounded decent when you looked at the schedule back in the summer. And this question occurs to me: Which is more unusual: the Browns scoring a touchdown or Uncle Crappy successfully finishing a National Blog Posting Month? And we’re… Read More 30. rare.
Twelve years. That’s how long this blog has been alive. True, the health of Uncle Crappy (the blog) has been shaky for the past few years — I don’t think I even noted its birthday in 2014 — but, much like Uncle Crappy (the person), it is going to be around for a while. I write… Read More 29. twelve.
If you and I have: Had a beer Watched a game Attended a tailgate party Cooked for each other Gone to a yoga class Gone out for dinner Raved about music Played Cards Against Humanity Compared tattoos Met for lunch Spent the weekend at each other’s homes Seen a concert Caught up at a reunion… Read More 23. i’m talking to you.
A lot can change in the course of a year. That was something our instructor talked about a bit at the outset of Tuesday night’s yoga class. What’s changed for me in 2014? Let’s start here: I was in a yoga class — in a beautiful, candlelit studio — on Dec. 30, about six months… Read More namaste.
I guess it would have been understandable, given this week’s circumstances, if I had forgotten what today was (besides Thanksgiving, of course). As it is, I nearly missed it. It? That’s the 10-year anniversary of Uncle Crappy. (Uncle Crappy the blog, that is. Uncle Crappy the person has been around for much, much longer.) I… Read More 24. ten.
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