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yogaversary.
Two years ago Sunday, I walked down the hill in Grandview Park on Mount Washington, accompanied by some pretty significant misgivings, for my first yoga class. In spite of my nerves, that morning was...
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another lifetime ago.
I thought I had already said goodbye to Derrick. When I found out last week that he had died, I realized I was wrong. And this was harder than I thought it would be. I hadn’t seen Derrick since … my...
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1. what am i thinking?
I just had a crazy-ass idea: Howsabout I complete a random NaBloPoMo in August? I’m just the guy to do it.Filed under: Social Media Tagged: i'm an idiot, impending disaster, internet fun, nablopomo,...
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2. one.
A couple nights ago, I was flipping channels and came across Urban Meyer’s B1G kickoff luncheon news conference from Chicago last week. After watching Urban’s far-too-brief presentation, I started...
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someone stopped.
You know how a bad surprise can leave a pit in your stomach for hours? I’ve had one since this afternoon. I spent the weekend in Columbus, mostly to see a Picasso exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art....
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Hoops ain’t happening.
It would start sometime around now. This week would normally be when the first posts about my annual college hoops contest — this year would have been the Twelfth Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four...
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one down. one to go.
That’s me. At Piper’s. I’m not hard to find. A thing I should have done last night: Take a photo of the wings-and-beer spread we brought over to AJ’s house. It was … impressive. And delicious. I don’t...
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feeling thirsty?
Some of you — mostly the ones who are running in the Pittsburgh Marathon or the half on May 7 — know this drill already: When you get to the fluid station at Mile 6+, look for the guy with the beard...
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take the ride.
You guys will recall that I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two summers ago. You may also recall that I wasn’t especially happy about it. Since then, it’s been kind of a struggle. I did really well...
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old bike. old guy.
My giant purple butt. When I finished up with my Army-sponsored field trip of Bavaria and was getting ready to return to Athens, I got myself a present: a new mountain bike for riding between my...
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a day.
This is the only photo I took during the day today. (And Mrs. Crappy won’t be happy to see this one.) It wasn’t for a lack of opportunities. On the surface, this was an amazing day, mostly because...
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uh-oh.
What I did: Post a pic of Cookie the kitten reaching up between the slats of our coffee table and playfully grabbing at my dinner. What I expected: A whole bunch of AWWWW SHE’S SOOOOO CUUUUTE...
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even older. even grumpier.
It has come to my attention — mostly because a couple people asked me about the shirt I wore to the Oteil and Friends show at Rex Theater last night — that there might be some demand for these. Of...
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by popular demand.
I am already having nightmares about South Dakota State’s Mike Daum, who apparently shoots like Larry freaking Bird. OK. Fine. We’ll do it. After a one-year absence, I am pleased to welcome everyone...
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one day. fifty bucks.
The one glaring omission on this lovely March 2018 calendar: Noon on Thursday, March 15. What’s up at Noon on Thursday, March 15? That’s your deadline to submit an entry for TPFAUCNFFC (BTYBPP) —...
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TPFAUCNFFC (BTYBPP) countdown.
Yinz guys have about two and a half hours to make your picks and get signed up for Twelve-point-five-th Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub). Instructions and...
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TPFAUCNFFC (BTYBPP) tipoff.
Here we go — our nearly annual rundown of your entries in this year’s hoops contest: the Twelve-point-five-th Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub). As is...
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well, then.
Sixteen of your Twelve-point-five-th Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub) contestants had them in the final four. Seven of us — including yours truly — picked...
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that’s not good.
It is as much of an AUCNFFC tradition as the long-ass entries post or the Blutarskys — the post-first weekend post where I lament how terrible our brackets are looking. And that’s where...
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not terrible. but not great.
I will say this after calculating the first points in the Twelve-point-five-th Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four Challenge (Brought To You By Piper’s Pub): It’s not as bad as I thought it would be....
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