October 2010
17 posts
Few short of 1000
After three plus years on this here tumblr, I’m just shy of 1000 posts. Turns out I have some stubs decaying in my draft box. I’ll polish them up and post them no matter how old or bad they are. Lucky you.
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Garage Time, with me.
So I’m in my garage, door up, waxin’ my ride, listening to a podcast when the neighbor walks by. I say “howdy,” and he says “hi,” takes a look at my speakers then looks me in the eye.
He kept walking and I thought nothing of it, when Scott McDowell talked about the song he just sang and how much he loved it. I tensed up when the realization set in that Scott...
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I pulled a hammy today
I pulled my hamstring today (yesterday) and it hurts like laughing after having a C-section. Well, at least what I imagine it’s like anyways. Lemme back up.
The week before last, I played my first game of full court basketball since 2003. Back before the brief hiccup of a job with a lousy commute, I had a gig that paid me well to sit on my ass. I sat on my ass in rental cars, airplanes,...
“He introduced himself. “Hello, Mr. Leonard, my name’s Raylan...”
– I Owe It All to Raylan
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"I'll make it." →
My favorite new tumblr blog— basketball, sports or other— answers the following question from a reader.
Q: I’m really fascinated by dying with melodrama/glory. I am not, however, much of a sports guy. My question is; if you were going to die in a sport, what is the best/most glorious way to go?
If you dig The Game, and yes there’s only one, do yourself a good deed and...
2 Years In Prison - A Man's Story →
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This is fascinating. A guy who used to be a regular on 4chan ended up in prison. He posted something short before he went in and when he came out wrote up a big post of his experiences. Especially how it differs from what we are led to believe prison life is like.
There is no gym equipment in prison. That whole, ‘bunch of guys sitting around pumping iron’ image you have? Forget...
