The Polar Bears.
Do you remember your first time riding a bike? Driving a car? How about your first kiss? Or the very first time you swam in the ocean in the winter?
Wait. What?! Swimming in the ocean in the winter? Yes, that was I, some 4 years ago. It was Febuary 4th, 2007, same day the Colts beat the Bears in SuperBowl XLI. The weather was Antarctic – a record temperature day of 7 degrees and a wind chill that felt like -14 degrees. The feeling …
Let Us Begin.
Happy SuperBowl Weekend y’all! Just wanted to share with you mine, along with the talented Josh Dowling’s first installment of our collaborative Podcast, the “44 Cast”. We will discuss topics that mattered to us the most this week:
Bear with us. I’m sure we’ll learn something, and get better along the way. In any event, enjoy.
44 Cast: Episode 1 by …
Rolling on a Riva
Erica’s been writing for nearly 20 years – 19 to be exact. She started at the tender age of …
The Rings & Things you Write about Bring Em' Out.
Some say that a married man is a marked man of the opposite sex – especially when a female sees proof: a ring on the finger. That rings true if you’re an infidel, one that’s into that sort of thing. But I’m a committed married man, whose in love more and more, everyday, to the person I said I do to.
But I am quite upset, with my newfound quagmire. As a social creature, it seems that my ring is …
To Write is to Re-Write.
Like everyone should with their own craft, I take pride in my work in words. My writing is my all, and I TRY to treat it accordingly. The art of putting the pen to paper, or tapping fingers to the keyboard is what you make it – it can be short, it can be long; it can be sloppy, or it can be a masterpiece.
“As I leave my competition, respirator style – Climb the ladder to success, escalator style.” - Christopher Wallace
My pride, …
I'm a better jump shooter than this guy.
The notion of getting better is so arbitrary. As the first page of a calendar month has turned into another, we reflect on our progress from January, and see how we can continue striving towards our goals. But the name of the game in life is to improve on all facets, to be better than you were yesterday. Personally, my goal is to become a better writer, faster runner, and a better jump shooter.
Now think – what do you want to …
