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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Category Archives: Sort of Kidding
The World Cupdate. (Has no one thought of that?) Brilliance.
Seriously, someone else has to have thought of that? Cup-date?! Believe it or not, I’m enjoying the World Cup. That’s right, I am. Oh, sure, I’m in the middle of Kansas, and people here are obsessed with the nouveau-Big 12. … Continue reading
You’re not in the mood? Well, you GET in the mood!
You’ve probably noticed by the media blitz and water cooler buzz and pamphleteers and maybe even flyovers and the general circus surrounding tonight’s revolutionary episode of 30 Rock, entitled “The One with the Cast from Night Court.“ That’s right, in … Continue reading
Posted in Sort of Kidding, Television
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Week in Review
Shocker: The world’s most hated football team signs yet another gritty, white, veteran gamer – John Lynch – whom we’ll all despise vehemently within scant few months, not his fault. Depending on his level of visibility, and not limited to … Continue reading
Posted in Cubs, Sort of Kidding, Sports Media
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Must … resist … swirl … of opinion … must … resist …
Oh, hell with it. The only story today, in all sports media, is Brett Favre, quarterback of the New York Jets. Even as I delved into the ironies of the lengthy, ubiquitous Favre saga, I didn’t expect a resolution late … Continue reading
Posted in Irony?, NFL, Sort of Kidding
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No words are necessary, but we’ve got them anyway.
As you know, Mister Faded Glory lurks in Kansas, hopeless center of stomach-churning Americana. As you also know, Mister Faded Glory hails from north Iowa, which, as Midwestern as it is – usually seems positively cosmopolitan compared to its Dust … Continue reading
It’s here! College football! Feel the excitement! Trade in your family for those team colors, you know you love it!
I’ll spare you all any of my petty nonchalance as college football approached and then kicked off. The fact is, I spent nearly all Saturday in front of my TV, working on smallish projects or the novel, still totally immersed … Continue reading
Posted in College Football, Sort of Kidding
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