Our Fortunate Great White Orb of Reflecting Heat Shines Down on Portland I created a playlist called (in full) “Our Fortunate Great White Orb of Reflecting Heat Shines Down on Portland”. It’s a list of songs I’ve been listening to in the sun and warmth that has recently struck Portland. We, the citizens of the […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
More bullet points: Foreman lost the Rumble in the Jungle in an eighth round knockout. Ali later coined the term “rope-a-dope” for his strategy in Zaire. In 1999, George Foreman sold the naming rights to the George Foreman Grill for $138 million. Ali was, and still is I suppose, part of—how can I put this […]
First, the bullet points: The Rumble in The Jungle took place in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, the day before Halloween, 1974. I’ve been watching documentaries about Muhammad Ali the last few months. The man fascinates me. He is the bravest man in sports in the last century, if not longer. I first became interested […]
I sent an article to Thought Catalog, not fully expecting the article to be published. Anyway, here it is. It’s about my own shameful consumption of March Madness basketball games. (I didn’t come up with the title for the article, but I like it.) What is relevant about the article, in my eyes at least, […]
It's a Beautiful Day I Need a Drink 