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When I was eight years old I briefly owned a turtle. Like, for a day. I don’t remember where he came from: pet store? a friend? found crawling in the garden? No idea. I kept it, unadvisedly, in an old aquarium that happened to be wasting on the back porch of my Grandparent’s house in [...]
Opening Day!
For the thirteenth year in a row (minus one that I don’t count), I’ve taken this day off from work to revel in the splendor that is Opening Day. It’s a holiday for me, Pagan as it is, but I relish it. A new season with new hopes and an opportunity for wholehearted enthusiasm and [...]
Mea Copa Overfloweth (Redux)
I’m feeling grateful today, and blessed, and loved, but alone. For many – if not most – of us this is a solitary hobby that we pursue. It’s a testament to our human need for connection that blogs like this one and forums like those on Delphi and in other places are such wonderful gathering [...]
On the Advice of My Therapist…
Today I start being the man I’ve been waiting to become. One thing that man does is write at least 30 minutes every day. I can’t promise that every day those 30 minutes will be spent writing for this site, but over the first 9 months or so of this year, oneforfive.com was a great [...]
Still Alive!
I had a dream last night that Don Mattingly was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. For some reason I was sitting with him, Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken, and Rickey Henderson on some bleachers overlooking a driving range. Rickey kept getting up to show us some nifty gymnastic moves he could do. We were [...]