Here's my life in music as defined by what I had decided was "the greatest song ever" at the different ages in my life.1. When I was 6, it was "Ride My See Saw" by the Moody Blues. All my siblings were much older than I was; there was a great deal of hippie influence...
Bruce Springsteen's "We Take Care Of Our Own" has all the hallmarks of an American rock anthem: pulsing beat, churning guitar riff (with just a hint of keyboards behind it), and feel-good chorus: We take care of our ownWe take care of our ownWe take care of our...
Last week I posted about five moments in sports that brought me to tears.This week . . . the movies.I cry at odd movies, at scenes most other people don't find so traumatic. But anything having to do with fathers and sons or divorce or unexpected death . . . well,...
Last week in the wake of Julie's post-Super Bowl euphoria, I posted about the top five times sports have made me genuinely happy.Today, it's the opposite side of that coin.What are those times when sports results have made me genuinely sad? When instead of tears of...
So Sunday night was a pretty happy night in our house.Not necessarily for me, mind you, but for Julie who is a lifelong New York Giants fan. This went along with the 1987, 1991, and 2008 Super Bowls in making for a happy wife.Which gets me thinking . . . what have the...
The role of a play-by-play announcer in a sports broadcast is a delicate one.The good ones strike this balance of emotional detachment and personal involvement. They're not supposed to betray who they want to win nor even offer many opinions on what is occuring on the...
Joe Paterno's death this past Sunday got me thinking about coaches and coaching (which is probably better than a lot of the other things you could think about JoePa, Penn State, and football culture over the last couple of months).In my time as a tennis player, I had...
I have recently posted on my fondness for Paul Simon's music.So my eyebrows got raised when I saw this in Saturday's Charlotte Observer:Paul Simon's meandering spiritual journeyBy Kim LawtonReligion & Ethics NewsWeeklyBy Kim Lawton Posted: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012Paul...
In honor of this year's Australian Open, I'm devoting this week's Top Five list to tennis, the sport that will not let me go.And to books, the pastime that sometimes consumes me.Books about tennis have ranged from the avant garde -- The Inner Game Of Tennis by Timothy...
A lot of you know that my wife Julie has a good job in the medical field. She travels, she sells, she manages, and she motivates.And yet when she's home she cooks. Very well. These days, just for the two of us.So here are my Top Five Dinners. If you are reading this...