MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
Watch for my first novel, These Monks, a comedy about friendship, frustration, and Des Moines, available later this year.
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
No Iowa running diary
No running diary after all, I may be away from Internet access for a large portion of the day. You know, if you cared whatsoever. However, to the souls in the Gameday crowd with a huge cutout of Homer Simpson … Continue reading
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Colts & Hawkeyes Weekend
Colts analysis? Sorry, we’ve got other things on our minds in these parts. The quick answer (yes, with an and) is yes, the Colts will beat the Jets Sunday. And it will be fairly close, not unsurprisingly. No more time … Continue reading
Posted in Colts, Cubs, Iowa Hawkeyes, Sports Media, Syracuse
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Poise
Thank you, Len Pasquarelli. Game analysis: Stop me if you’ve heard this one. The Colts dared Byron Leftwich to beat them. He couldn’t. Indianapolis doesn’t have a championship yet. But they’re betting on poise, intelligence, work ethic, and commitment each … Continue reading
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Grudge match?
The Colts play host to the pesky Jaguars this week, as the pair renews its bitter rivalry for the 2006 campaign. It’s even getting a little bit of play nationally, previously Colt-Jaguar tilts have been considered somewhat of afterthoughts. Not … Continue reading
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Scary’s on the wall?
I don’t know if fall is as pronounced a “new season” as its cousins spring, summer, and winter. Sure, it begins new school years everywhere, new television seasons, and football and electoral campaigns. However, it’s also the time of year … Continue reading
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So the AP says I’m wrong
You can’t review who recovers the ball on a kick. Oh, I’m tired of this. What-the-hell-ever. Since it will make us feel better, here’s a little humor surrounding the Colts’ win over the hapless Texans. (OK, so they’re better than … Continue reading
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These Monks, now fini.
It’s done. Whether it’s ever published, successful, or whether I’m ever famous, or not. It’s done. It may be rough, it may be ragged, it may still need a little work on continuity and repetitiveness. It may need to be … Continue reading
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Broadcaster Power Ratings
As mentioned before, football season is upon us, and with it an avalanche of the worst sports commentating, analysis, and gamecalling known to man. It’s remarkable that we’ve never had a full-scale revolt against sports media simply because we’re fed … Continue reading
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What have we learned . . . part one.
It took me two days to recover from the Colts’ opener, which clocked in as Sunday’s Game of the Day — the tightest contest anyway, featuring arguably the NFL’s two best teams — on this particular Sunday. Well, possibly. It’s … Continue reading
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Colt – splosion ?
It’s nice to have football back. Okay, I admit it. It’s nice. For all the ragging I do on the NFL, all the complaining about its across-the-board abysmal announcers (Seriously, if some psych professor ever wants to study the intracies … Continue reading
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…and the loser will be taunted and booed until my throat is sore.
Quite a tense game, considering I’m supposed to like both teams. But Iowa stopped Syracuse — 7 straight times — from the one-yard-line to win the game. Wow. What a finish. Good stand by the Iowa defense. Bad playcalling by … Continue reading
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When I said good. . .
I meant, you know, both teams are playing terribly. One of the most frustrating and aggravating college football games ever. But I should have known — since I totally root for teams with propensities to play up or down to … Continue reading
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Syracuse vs. Iowa
I guess it’s OK to currently be watching a good game between my two schools. And by good, I’m not including Iowa’s first half play, replacement QB Jason Manson’s play, or Syracuse coach Greg Robinson’s in-game planning. And I’m definitely … Continue reading
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The Syracuse vs. Iowa Conundrum
It’s all my guidance counselor’s fault, really. This whole mess. The struggle to forge an identity with a bond with a school. It’s the guidance department’s fault. Eleven years ago I was a senior in high school. Somewhat precocious, somewhat … Continue reading
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Something ..
Hmmm . . . Seems to me there was something . . . Something about which I was supposed to rant and rave ad nauseum . . . Something I was supposed to, even, maybe . . . tiptoe around. … Continue reading
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