Monthly Archives: October 2007

Footie – Session 3

10/31/2007 – 2:00 pm

School and life have gotten in the way of recreation. And healthy eating. Recap: I need to arrive at the facility earlier. Getting there at 12:00 or later doesn’t offer a chance to sufficiently warm up which means more soreness later and a higher chance of injury. 14 guys in attendance, which is two full [...]

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Making MW

10/30/2007 – 9:56 am

Yay! I made Football365.com’s Mediawatch with the below fat joke: I’m so proud. Current Mood: Happy |

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Steve Young’s Brain Damage Is Worse Than I Thought

10/29/2007 – 11:40 pm

Did anyone else hear his post-game commentary where he said that he would favor the Packers over the Cowboys to appear in the Super Bowl if they just had a reliable running back? Question: would he still be saying this had the Broncos managed to score a touchdown in the dying seconds instead of a [...]

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Sobering Weekend… Kind of

10/28/2007 – 5:01 pm

I’ve been in Chicago since Friday spending time with Brother Todd and his wife P.W. before they move across the pond to Swizzerland. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster for us because we’re at once very excited for this new opportunity for them (and to have a home base for European excursions) but also quite sad. [...]

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Climbing Everest One Inch at a Time

10/24/2007 – 3:40 pm

More often than not, when I submit to genre mags I get positive rejections, i.e. a note that’s specific to my story (most commonly “nicely written but not what we’re looking for”) or parts that the editor felt weren’t up to snuff. I’m from the school of thought that personal rejections are nice, but they’re [...]

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Footie – Session 2

10/24/2007 – 2:23 pm

Two sessions down, 23 more to go before I break even with my $150 down payment. Recap: I showed up 15 minutes late but found 14 players already at it, 13 men and 1 woman. This meant two full teams with one sub each, which lasted about a 45 minutes before people began to bail. [...]

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Footie – Session 1

10/22/2007 – 3:09 pm

Recap: The opening day of the lunchtime, indoor pickup season. As expected, low turnout. The number fluctuated between 8 and 11 guys, meaning we at times played on a downsized field and modified goals. A usual number of players mid-season is 20-25 but can be as high as 50. Generally speaking, a good full-field game [...]

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Pre-Season Pick Up Post

10/21/2007 – 8:17 pm

Right, so I’m trying to document my upcoming season of pick-up soccer. Sessions are most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from now until mid-April. One either pays $6 per session or $150 for the season. I plan to do the latter and hopefully blogging this will help me track that magical break even point of 25 [...]

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Poetry and Footry

10/21/2007 – 5:35 pm

/ Interestingly, I am now not only a writer of poetry but I am also a rejector of poetry. I am reading a bundle of poetry slush for the department’s literary magazine with the simple instructions to forward on anything that’s fresh, interesting, and unexpected. We’ll see how that goes. As far as my own [...]

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Steinbeck, Dick, and Anarchy in the UK

10/18/2007 – 12:00 pm

/ I’m trying to plow through two books this week for my utopian Californian project, Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flats and Philip K Dick’s A Scanner Darkly. The comparison between the two struck me as I started reading the Steinbeck: here we have the utopian version of California where Danny and his friends bum around, drink wine, [...]

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