Searching for life’s meaning and a job in a new town where I didn’t know anyone, I entered a downtown brewery on some random side street. Seemed stylish enough, a speed networking event with some enterprising people in a relaxed atmosphere eating Nachos and guzzling root beer on the rocks. […]
Tag: humor
New Movie, The Tender Bar, Reminds Us Writers Are Self-Doubters
The self-doubt of anyone who is a so-called “writer” can be a never-ending psychological and emotional battle. I know because I’ve been living with these doubts ever since I graduated from college. Back then when people asked me what I wanted to do with my life, I told them […]
Dr. Jennifer Aniston To Sportface: “You’re Definitely Obese”
In a free-flowing and slightly awkward discussion this morning about the health and lifestyle of Sammy Sportface, a young Dr. Jennifer Aniston-looking internist doctor didn’t sugarcoat her assessment. “You’re on the obesity spectrum, Sportface,” she said. “You’re not morbidly obese but definitely obese.” “Come on, Doc,” said Sportface. “I’ve been […]
DJenk Bodyguarded DJohn’s Mother in Law During Filming of “Flamingo Kid”
When the young man meets woman “Flamingo Kid” movie was being filmed in Hollywood in 1984, lead actress Janet Jones needed a bodyguard in much the same way actress Jacklyn Smith did when starring in the hit TV show series “Charlie’s Angels.” So Jones, wife of hockey’s great player ever […]
Sammy Sportface: So Long Sammy
So Long, Sammy Sportface The public clamor for more Sammy Sportface is so loud it can be heard in New Zealand and Oregon all at once. Fans want more of his words, more of his mental disorder, more of his chaos, more misremembering, more dis-logic, more ruminations about the sports […]
Sammy Sportface: To Bag or Not to Bag
To Bag or Not to Bag As I started cutting my lawn today, I contemplated whether it would be more astute to put a bag on the mower to catch the grass, or not use a bag and let the grass clippings congeal into moist clumps all over the yard. […]
SS: Belichick Goes to Social Media
Belichick Snapfaces Steelers Within the past 59 hours, the Pittsburgh Steelers went to social media to talk some trash and say disparaging, bulletin board things about the New England Patriots, their opponents this weekend in the AFC Championship game. Asked by a reporter about it today at his daily presser, […]