An undeniable fact… I routinely check my local Iowa forecast, plus Grand Haven and Kansas City. The undeniable fact is… spring comes much later to Western Michigan because of the 118 mile wide Lake Michigan. But the lake will also give us cool breezes in the summer, a warmer fall and winter. We could have…
T -52 Days: Slackers
Slackers “Chang bowed his thanks for the information. He took a keen interest in languages and liked to weigh a new word philosophically. “It is significant,” he said after a pause, “that the English regard slackness as a vice. We, on the other hand, should vastly prefer it to tension. Is there not too much…
T -53 Days: Shangri la
Snowboarding to Tibet…. What a dream I had last night. I was snowboarding down our street where we used to live in Beaverton Oregon. An extremely steep hill, that morphed into snowboarding down Mt Hood, then back to residential areas, magically going down and up streets, mountains, hills. It was a dream, so I went…
T -54 Days: House for sale
Here’s hoping for a cruddy weekend! Perhaps we will have a nice quiet weekend, sleep in some, take it easy, watch some basketball. But what I am really hoping for is a cruddy weekend. Having to keep the house completely clean, everything in place. Please give us constant interruptions, having to leave the house and…
T -54 Days (Pat’s Picks Update)
I know my content has been minimal over the last couple of days. With a demanding job, a four-month old, a six-year-old, two dogs, and a wife, free time can be non-existent. I promise to offer a robust offering this weekend and next week. I plan on doing a breakdown of all 68 teams that get their…
T -55 Days: Listed
House listed! Great job by my wife over multiple months getting ready. Now for a quick sale and we are our way!
T -55 Days (NCAA Basketball Picks)
Syracuse +8 Notre Dame -2
T -56 Days: Off at the next stop
End of the Line “What a crazy way to run a railroad, but at least I am getting off at the next stop” — Me (today) I said that today in response to some latest work craziness, and then I thought, “Oh, I like that!” And then carrying forward the railroad analogy, I thought of…
T -56 Days (NCAA Basketball Pick)
BYU vs Gonzaga: Pat’s Picks Post: Killian Tillie has been a man on a mission in this tournament for the Bulldogs. Tillie shot 10-11 vs San Francisco, included 5 for 5 from deep. Tillie hasn’t missed a three pointer ( 10-10) all tournament long and will look to increase the streak against the Cougars tonight….
T – 57 Days (Big East Tournament 2018 Edition)
Pat’s Picks Post: With a small slate of College hoops games tonight, there will not be any plays for the day. A great motto I heard once in Vegas fits here, “sometimes no play, is the best play”, tonight this holds true. However, this gives me a free night to break down the upcoming Big…