Hey, we played the Ohio tournament and did better than expected! Our overall record (including pool play, where ties were allowed) was 5-2-1. We made it farther than I thought we would, and there was plenty of drama along the way (fodder for a play?): Challenges to and protests of our players Challenges to...
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That Goal-den Light
Oof, who came up with that tortured headline? This is a terrific photo of my son from a recent weekend camping trip to Kerrville. I didn’t take the photo (my kid’s pal did) but I’m ready to sell it to some sports drink, sneaker brand, or chain-link-fence company. Here are a few goal-like things...
Continue readingColumbus or Bust a Bust, But…
Hey friends! Long time no typing. Going to bullet-point some updates here so I don’t have to wallow too long in various disappointments. Here we go… We scheduled a World Series benefit show for August 25th at Ground Floor Theatre GFT had to bump us because they pushed their next production back a week...
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*that’s supposed to be a play on the word posterity, but jokes are better when you have to explain them up front, so… Anyway, my hair is short again (thanks, kiddo!) but these are a few shots I took before it was hacked off. Why? Because my hair usually grows way out and up,...
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Sports is back! (Sports are back??) In the past few weeks, I’ve been invited to play a few games of tennis, there’s talk of getting a volleyball team together for some practice sessions soon, and I was recruited to play softball again this season. I’m taking it slow with softball, but the few practices...
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My kids and I were watching the historic upset of UCLA over Michigan the other night (UCLA making its way to the Final Four as an 11-seed, whoa) (March Madness, obvi) when I suddenly heard one of the guards referred to as Jules. Which is a pretty unusual name for a dude these days....
Continue readingWinter to Spring to Summer 2021: Goal Check
Taking a look back at these goals I posted in November, how’d things work out… GOAL: Write a new experimental short play for The Fling the weekend of November 21st RESULT: Done. Actually wrote two plays. The first one was convoluted across multiple online platforms. I decided it was too messy and in the...
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Each of the past 4 years, my oldest kid has been participating in a national cyber-security competition where they try to find flaws in various computer system platforms. His team has done a little better each year, and this year they made it to the national finals, the first Texas high school team to...
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This is from a few years ago now, but I totally forgot about it. I don’t know how clear this is, but I’m lobbing a small basketball toward my son, and he heads it into a small hoop above our closet door. I love the pre-teen enthusiasm so much. That is all....
13.1
All right, it’s done! On New Year’s Day. So cliché. Wasn’t nearly as lightning fast as I was in 2008, but I’m doing what I can to flatten this curve. There weren’t too many negative after-effects either, which is great news. Thanks for organizing it, Camille! Sure, I’d do it again. Still think another...
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