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: August 2009
Quickly, then we’re done.
Three competing – but tired – stories still plague our airwaves, hurting our ears and frustrating sensibilities. Not so for sports media, however, which demonstrates irrelevance with each character study. Let’s deliver our backhanded compliments and be gone from these … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, NFL, Sports Media
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Season over now.
Kevin Gregg or Mel Rojas, Cubs fans? You pick. Now we’re done.
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Tiger and Jack
As you know, MFG makes it a practice not rooting for Goliath. Not that we rooted against Tiger Woods’ downfall yesterday, but, well, we watched. We’re also not eager to dance on someone’s grave, even a Goliath we normally cheer … Continue reading
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The sky? It fell.
Remember the halcyon days of, uh, Monday, when I wrote this tempered column, warning us Cub fans not to panic or become infuriated? Even I didn’t foresee the worst three games of the season. Harden losing a no-hitter, then the … Continue reading
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Tagged /whine, Antoine Bethea, aramis, Bob Sanders, Colts, Cubs, Lilly, Marmot, Pedro, Sori, Soto, suck, Terrible draft choices, TRDE, Z
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The sky is not falling. Repeat.
Don’t bother rolling your eyes, I’m basically trying to calm myself. Actually, I’m not that desperate, even though we’re all frustrated with the latest pathetic showing in Colorado. A full third of the season remains, and there’s no point in … Continue reading
Whither Twitter?
I’m sure the split second I began blogging about my hatred of Twitter, most of you probably chortled, and proceeded to circle a future date on the calendar, predicting exactly when I would join Twitter, followed by my pathetic rationalization … Continue reading
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