I have been planning this series of occasional blog posts for some time now. My local newspaper, the Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre, PA often features very silly letters to the editors. In fact, I had planned that they would provide the source material for the inaugural post in this series until I read…
As I write this (almost 1:00 PM on July 23), the NCAA penalties to Penn State’s football program have been blowing up the Twitterverse and the rest of the interwebs. A Google search turns up over 200,000 hits for “Penn State” and NCAA in just the past 24 hours. Three of the top…
As you may have seen from my previous posts, I have been a fan of pro wrestling for most of my life. I have already written about the art and artistry of cage matches, but today I want to write about tag teams. In wrestling, a “tag team” involves teams of two or…
Well, I had my “1-month” checkup today following my microdiscectomy operation. The surgeon wants to see me for follow-ups at intervals of 1 month, 3 months, six months and 12 months post-surgery. In addition to checking on me, part of the routine involves filling out forms where I assess my current pain status…