Category: Newsletter
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Week 11 Newsletter: Spin That Black Circle
I hate it when people completely skip Thanksgiving and go straight to celebrating Christmas (looking at you, Starbucks/department stores/90% of my coworkers). However, I’ve got to mention the Most Wonderful Time of the Year because it will mark another year that Ewing will not get me a present. Believe it or not, I don’t have…
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Week 10 Newsletter: Ragnaroking and Rolling
Two years ago, I watched 100 movies (that I had never seen before) in a year. That’s a new movie for about three/four days. While I loved it because it broadened my horizon and finally crossed off some must-see films from my list, the task also sort of burned me out when it came to…
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Week 9 Newsletter: Houston’s Ups and Downs
SHOOT IT! Congrats to the Houston Astros on winning the 2017 World Series! I’m sure I speak for everyone here (especially Nick) when I say that I’m happy the Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and captured the first championship in franchise history. It’s a remarkable achievement for a team that has been synonymous with…
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Week 8 Newsletter: Spooky Edition
(cue theme music) Boys and girls of every age, Wouldn’t you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see, This, our league of Fantasy! This is Fantasy, this is Fantasy! Footballs deflate in the dead of night! This is Fantasy, everybody get a huge lead, It’s not like we can blow THIS one,…
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Week 7 Newsletter: Moving on Up
An interesting thing happened to me at work this week: I got not just one, but two free bags of tortilla chips! Plus, one of them was from Chipotle, so it’s as good as getting three free bags. Free tortilla chips! Also, I got promoted. FOX40 offered me a two-year deal to be a full…
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Week 6 Newsletter: Everything is on Fire
We’ll get to football in a minute. But first, I need to vent. HOW THE FLYING FUCK DO WE NOT QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP WHEN: 1. WE PLAY IN THE EASIEST CONFEDERATION TO QUALIFY FROM, 2. ALL WE NEED IS A DRAW AGAINST LAST PLACE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 3. WE ARE THE GODDAMN UNITED STATES…
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Week 5 Newsletter: Goodbye Oktober, Hello October
Sorry this week’s newsletter is so late! I got called into work yesterday, so I lost a lot of normal writing time. I guess in some ways it was a good thing, because I’m able to pass this bit of breaking news on. This has been taped to the window at Nationwide Freezer Meats at…
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Week 4 Newsletter: Hände zum Himmel
I have seen the rolling hills of Japan. I have walked where the Berlin Wall once stood. I have gazed upon the Mona Lisa with my own eyes. And now, I have waited at the Reykjavik Airport for about an hour. After 11 days of galavanting across Germany and France, I’m a little less than…
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Week 3 Newsletter: Anchluss Time
Hallo von der anderen seite des Atlantiks! Meine erste reise nach Europa geht so weit! Die ctädte Berlin und Hannover sind toll, das essen ist ein wenig seltsam, aber lecker, das bier ist magisch und die heißeste frau in Sacramento wäre vielleicht ein fünf in Deutschland. Es ist auch ein bisschen ein schock von der…
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Week 2 Newsletter: Back in Action
God, I missed football. Thankfully, the NFL is back and in full swing, as is fantasy football. Week 1 was definitely full or surprises, many of which we’ll get to later. But first, some housekeeping. Hours before the New England Patriots made Alex Smith look like a fusion of Joe Montana and Michael Vick, I was…
