Jun 337,499You fight the forces of your phone four stoplights past Emerson and find that a strange and simple life exists beyond the picket fences of the Park Ridge innuendo. A two story apartment complex in particular grabs your attention and keeps it. A belly protrudes from a t shirt and…1 min read
May 26Tupac, Trump and Rawls’ TheoryA short time after both Tupac Shakur and John Rawls’ rested in peace and well before Donald J. Trump pilgrimaged into politics, Dr. Pat Angelo, or Doc, a periodontist, sat in a jacuzzi on a February night in the swanky suburbs of Chicago. …Tupac Shakur15 min read
Nov 10, 2021Disowned Chicago (A short shout)I often cycle thoughts via the Northwest Side treading through Norwood, Portage, Avondale, even as far as Wicker. A bicycle eye view of Chicago’s workforce has me revel not in that bridge and tunnel crowd but the ones who build them. Pairs of boots idle beside pickups, Dark Matter in…Chicago1 min read
Oct 13, 2021Gruden and Meyered in FaithLong before Jon Gruden was “Chucky” and began emailing not-so-sweet somethings, he walked onto the altar of a South Bend, IN Catholic Church, folded his hands and received the gifts of the Holy Spirit, a heavy arsenal of wisdom and obedience, so he could became a soldier of Jesus Christ…Catholicism3 min read
Oct 4, 2021A Peek at Those Peaking LateWith two under six in tow, I crept through a pre Covid sort of Crowd at Chicago’s North Suburban version of Friday Night Lights — Maine South Hawks Football. There were forgotten smells like popcorn, pizza and perfume and frightening sights such as faces without masks, but I convinced my…3 min read
Sep 30, 2021Get BackAnd I’m not talking about 2020, certainly not 2016–2020 for that matter, but before virginity, wisdom teeth, and lunch money, like when Jojo left his home, back. …Nostalgia3 min read
Sep 23, 2021More Information, Less RapeHigher Education is back, barely, and Greek life is picking up where it left off — in the headlines. The University of Kansas Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi is the latest Hades in the odyssey of abuse, and its tales, hardly scant, seem to offer no Eros, nor even a…Fraternities3 min read
Sep 20, 2021Find your CommandI had a penchant for slick suits and even slicker hair. It had to have been Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), maybe Seth Davis (Boiler Room), and though I wasn’t out to lie, cheat, steal, nor have victims squeal, I hoped to simply, FIT IN. …7 min read
Jul 13, 2021VeniceratedSports Media is now faster than a Bo Jackson breakaway. Content is fired quicker than Bill O’Brien. Twitter, Insta stories, whoa nellie we’re scratching our thinning hair at all the takes and shouts. But in all its mythical glory, the power of storytelling won’t be undone. If stat sheets are…Venice6 min read
Feb 26, 2021Everything in its Wright placeUntil this page, a play on Radiohead lyrics to describe McKinley Wright IV seems extremely bizarre. Ok, it still is. But just as forums and critics interpret their versions of song, scouts, studio analysts and sour fans offer theirs of the Buffaloes’ senior point guard. A viable candidate for Pac-12…Colorado Buffaloes3 min read
