Tag Archive: sports

Why You Might Be Envious of the Wrong People

Being from Milwaukee, I’ve been a Prince Fielder fan for a long time. So when we found out he was going to be leaving us, it was a pretty sad day. Prince brings a little bit of fun to the league without coming across like a huge jerk that so many other professional sports players…

Conquering Europe and Professional Freedom: A Look Ahead to 2012

So, 2012 is upon us, hey? After jotting down my thoughts on 2011, I really wanted to spend some time looking ahead to this new year. In fact, I’ve been downright excited to write this post. So then, it figures that I start having problems with the site that I have to address before I…

Trips, Meetups, and Burning Feet: My 2011 Annual Review

So Chris Guillebeau says that an annual review can be a great exercise to go through – take inventory of your past year’s successes and failures – so that’s what I’m doing here. Because I didn’t take meticulous notes over the past year, I decided to look through my tweets of the year (the last…

Go Home and Get Better

“We talk all the time, toughness is doing the right thing in life. That is what we talk about. If that is the case, you are being provoked, this or that, true toughness, you walk away from it. You take your ass whipping and you go home. You get better.” – Mick Cronin, Basketball Coach,…

The Cool 30: The 2011 Wisconsin Sports Year

This post is part of an ongoing series this month called The Cool 30. If you lived in Wisconsin in the late ’80s and early-to-mid ’90s, you know what it’s like to be an embarrassed sports fan. A quick rundown of our major sports teams: The Green Bay Packers The Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Brewers…

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