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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Starbucks siren named 'greatest logo of all-time'

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I drank Starbucks more than ever this past year, and I am pondering: "Why was I doing this?" Of course, we could attribute it ...
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Sunday, July 1, 2018

MTV videos: An underappreciated art form

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"They're an old VH-1 couple!" When I was a teenager, I distinctly remember making fun of "old" couples who staye...
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Friday, June 1, 2018

Chewbacca, Love and Basketball

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Cue the voice of former NBA commissioner David Stern: "With the first pick in the 2018 Star Wars draft, Chloe selects Chewbacca fro...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Dare greatly and improvise

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"I have a confession, Dr. Hair!" "Your broken legs make me love you more!" "I love you so much; I'm break...
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Sunday, April 1, 2018

Easter, fools and lost connections

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Happy Easter! ... And Happy April Fools Day! The last time Easter fell on April Fools Day was 1956. But let's add to the rarity of...
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Chewbacca collection: Alive and grunting!

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"You can easily judge a man by his Chewbacca collection," said no one ever. However, I must say I often feel judged when peopl...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Prisons, tents and all of us

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I'm a white boy from Cleveland. Because of that lucky demographic, my father happened to be an attorney. I am an educator. I have ne...
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Monday, January 1, 2018

Once a Catholic, always a Catholic?

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"Once a Catholic, always a Catholic." That's a phrase my close friend and spiritual advisor, the Reverend Gutierrez, has t...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

A Celebration of "X"

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The party is on! Today is an especially meaningful day in my world as my father, the XMan, would have turned 70: 12-12-17. My mom is hav...
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Friday, December 1, 2017

What do you wanna be when you grow up?

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"What do you wanna be when you grow up?" Now, on the surface, there is no harm to that question. We ask our children that ques...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

A word is worth a thousand pictures

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I find it curious that when I looked up "kill your television" on Wikipedia that the site redirected me to "screen-free wee...
Sunday, October 1, 2017

Tribe earns fan appreciation blog

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"In Tito, we trust." That's a phrase that's been bouncing around The Land about the Cleveland Indians' expert mana...
Friday, September 1, 2017

Love and relationships matter most in life

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What a month! August 2017 turned out to be quite a dynamic month for me and my wife, Dina Stevens, as we got married, went on a honeymoo...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Marriage tips for bros

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In three August days, I will wed the woman I love — Dina (soon to be) Stevens. Of course, a second marriage is different from a first on...
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Saturday, July 1, 2017

Cleveland vs. Los Angeles

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I've always been anti-L.A. The main reasons why are that I associate L.A. with freeways, a polluted sky, the entertainment industry ...
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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Dina gets props as Polack gets master's

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What the heck did I do this year? In a whirlwind of a year that forced me to take a lengthy golf hiatus, I remodeled our new home and ea...
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Monday, May 1, 2017

Cuba: Mofongo, cigars and ballerinas on bicylces

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"To live outside the law, you must be honest." Bob Dylan sang that line in his 1966 tune “Absolutely Sweet Marie.” For me, ...
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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Legit points on American 'culture'

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Go to Netflix ASAP, and binge watch "Legit" with Jim Jefferies. The two — and only — seasons of the show will be on Netflix unti...
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