Sports Stuff
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Why I’m Decked Out In Dallas Cowboys Gear Today
The Dallas Cowboys are 1-7. Yesterday they fired their coach in the middle of the season. So today I’m wearing a Cowboys windbreaker. Underneath that is a Cowboys jersey–injured quarterback Tony Romo, to be precise. Underneath that is a Cowboys t-shirt. Underneath that is just my linebacker bod. Okay, more like a desk jockey bod, Continue reading
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I’m Totally Not In Second Grade Anymore
When I was in second grade, I was pretty good at soccer. But today I learned the hard way that there’s a pretty big difference between being eight years old and being 35. I went to the local elementary school to spend some time with the second-grade boy I’m mentoring. We went outside to kick Continue reading
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Shorebirds & Sunburns
Today I went to the Shorebirds game with one of the dads from the Training Station, and with his three-year-old son. I got my first sunburn of the year. It was a sunny day, and it takes a long time to watch the Shorebirds give up 12 runs. Continue reading
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Laura Marie’s Baseball Card Collection
Laura Marie may be only 9 months old, but she’s already building her baseball card and autograph collection. Her first baseball card was a 1991 Donruss card of former All-Star Bobby Bonilla. I gave it to her to help her start her collection. She promptly proceeded to bend it and chew it, as you can Continue reading
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The Final Four(-Year-Old)
Every year our whole family fills out brackets for the men’s NCAA basketball tournament. After the first round, my four-year-old nephew, Kevin, is kicking butt and taking names! He has a clear lead in the pool. He even predicted 13th-seeded Murray State’s upset over #4 Vanderbilt, a buzzer beater. Uncanny. Next year I’m consulting Kevin Continue reading
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Stuff
Stuff: We’re almost halfway through the series “Revealed” at CrossWay. It’s going well, but I wish I had another two or three months to prepare for it! Guess I’ll always feel that way. Sermons are like paintings–it’s hard to reach a point where I can say, “It’s finished.” Laura Marie is eating “solid” food! Doesn’t Continue reading
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The T-Ball Nats
A friend of mine from Australia is visiting D.C. later this month. He’s interested in seeing a baseball game, so I was talking with my dad and my brother Dylan about it. Since the Washington Nationals are so ridiculously bad, I told Dylan and my dad that I wasn’t sure if I should send Tom Continue reading
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Almost Made It
ESPN.com held a contest during the NCAA Final Four tournament. People could fill out brackets for the tournament and have a chance to win $10,000. I came pretty close to winning the ten grand! The only problem was that 4,303,593 people did better than me. There’s always next year…. Continue reading
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The Other National Pastime
When my younger brother Dylan and I were kids, we used to amuse ourselves by taking baseball cards and doctoring them up a little bit. Recently I came across a few samples: Continue reading
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Laura Marie’s First Baseball Shirt
Laura Marie got her first piece of Nationals gear yesterday. It was a pretty exciting moment for me, and I’m sure for her as well. Her mom wasn’t so sure. Last summer we went to a Nationals game at their new stadium, and the fans were almost as bad as the team… and that’s saying Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 