It had been a rough few weeks. Actually, make that a rough few months. My boss had recently died, which–emotional issues aside (and there were emotional issues)–necessitated closing a Congressional office, attending a funeral and finding new work. In looking for work, through some connections, I found myself in the employ of one of America’s most [...]

Note: OMG, apparently my Ambien eating disorder has morphed into a posting disorder.  I have no recollection of writing this post last night.  Not bad though. The OKC Thunder rolled into Boston Friday night without Kevin Durant.  Game over huh?  Well not exactly.  Now I know a little bit about Russell Westbrook and James Harden, but I [...]

It’s a weak weekend for college football… The top three BCS teams, Oregon, Auburn and TCU, are off and No. 4 Boise State plays tonight. Only two teams that are still somewhat in the BCS title mix play another ranked opponent: N0. 8 Nebraska at No. 19 Texas A&M and No. Ohio State at No. 20 [...]

I guess I’m not the only one that thought having a brick wall immediately adjacent to an end zone was about as smart as Brittany having babies.   But that’s how the field was originally configured for Saturday’s Northwestern-Illinois game at Wrigley. Brick wall in the end zone? Not a good idea. Then again, it’s not a [...]

For the first time in the history of the top 25 college football hotties rankings we’ve got two teammates in the top 10.  That must officially make Nebraska the hottest college football team in the land, or maybe they’re just top heavy.   Get me on the next plane to Lincoln. Wait a minute…the children of [...]

In his “Work and the Military” chapter of ” Is It a Choice? ” Eric Marcus tackles the question of whether some gay people remain closeted at work.  He indicates that this does happen and gives two main reasons people do so:

First, some re simply accustomed to keeping their personal lives completely separate from their work lives.  [...]