Tyler Hansbrough and Fathers and Sons

30Mar08

A year ago, I was feeling pretty crappy. Today, I still feel pretty crappy (from the post-MBA Gala malaise), but couldn’t be happier.
Kelly and I watched the game with ~300 of our closest friends at Spice Street in Chapel Hill. We screamed like idiots when Tyler made the game-clinching jump shots down the [...]

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Eric Boggs – Stuntman

24Oct07

Sure enough – I made the DTH review of Cirque Eloize:
Graduate student Eric Boggs said the themes and stunts, particularly the acrobats projecting off the Russian pole, reminded him of moments from his own childhood.
“I used to build bike ramps and launch into the air,” Boggs said. “I never got as high as the [...]

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Jesus Camp

18Feb07

I finally watched Jesus Camp this weekend and was not dissappointed.
Bits of the film were like a flashback to my very Southern Baptist up-bringing. I attended countless FUN summer Christan camps that I always found to be rendered a little less fun with all of the praying/singing/worship and – of course – the accompanying [...]

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Dear Richard, You Are My Favorite Player

04Dec06

Check out the story about a baseball player that responded to his fan mail 15 years later.
I wrote similar letters to countless professional athletes when I was a kid. My dad and I used to pick a handful of likely prospects and reel off 10 letters in a single sitting. (Watching [...]

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