My eldest child, Kelly (a regular reader of this blog), has been bugging me since I started it, asking, “when are you gonna write a column about ME?” For a long time I put her off by pointing out that this is my professional blog, not personal. Well, since I recently wrote about BOTH of her brothers, I clearly can’t …
[ > Keep reading ]We drove to South Bend to see Syracuse play Notre Dame this weekend. While there we met up with our daughter and son-in-law, and his parents and his sister and her new husband. Fun time! It was cold. We did a little tailgating, but no one really wanted to spend a lot of time out in a tundra-like parking lot. …
[ > Keep reading ]My oldest son attended the University of Notre Dame. Justin was a true fan (as in “fanatic”) of Fighting Irish football. He lived and died by their win/loss record, hosted a weekly campus radio show on the subject, and even dyed his hair kelly green one semester. He dressed as a (6-foot tall) leprechaun for every home game, and in …
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