Fantasy football is back as the NFL season is upon us. Here is the Ultimate 2022 Fantasy Football League Draft Grades and Commish analysis. 1 – Ditka Did It Commish Grade: AYahoo Grade: C Strenghts: QB, WR, RB, K, DEFWeakness: TE, Depth Jason has assembled a risky team that could win it all or be …
Where Do We Go From Here?
It has been a while since I’ve written something on this blog. Life got busy for us all as 2019 turned into 2020. My fandom was rewarded with a Super Bowl championship. The pandemic rose and life was disrupted. My mom’s struggle with Alzheimer’s came to an end as she contracted COVID-19 in her nursing …
Ultimate League 2019 Commish’s Draft Grades
1 – Running on Empty – A (Y = B) Great draft with overall talent at all levels. Bench is solid. 2 – Putin on the Ritz – A (Y = C+) Maybe a little old, but all solid and will over perform. RB depth is concern. 3 – The Vonstars – A or D …
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Immigration, Faux-compassion, and #FakeChristian
Sometimes I make the mistake of diving into comment threads or trending topics on social media. Then my head and heart hurt. Tonight’s foray into the pointless was the #FakeChristian hashtag. Make whatever you will of the situation at the southern border, but the fact is our country and both political parties have failed to …
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The Twilight Zone (2019) Problem
I love the original Twilight Zone anthology series. I love it not because I grew up when it aired or have some longing sense of nostalgia. I am in the millennial generation. I discovered The Twilight Zone on the Sci-Fi channel marathons in the late 1990s and grew to love it in the early 2000s. …
Attrition of Alzheimer’s
Countless people watch disease ravage those they care about daily. The human body is finite. For some, the anguish begins early in life. For others, it is felt well into the future. Yet all our bodies will fail us. A question probably becomes, is it harder to suffer yourself, or watch those you love suffer? …
Prompt Series #9 – If you had an extra room in your house, what would you use it for?
Question: If you had an extra room in your house, what would you use it for? This may be the easiest and shortest prompt yet. I have always wanted a game room / activity space. We are talking about that room with the pool table, ping pong table, and some other activities. I cannot claim …
Short Story Series #1 – The Sunset Lake
The following is a short story / story introductory exercise, written spontaneously without prompting. The sky was transitioning and the cooling breeze had begun. No longer was the bright blue ceiling shifting into a diluted white, as the sun had dropped below the point of refraction necessary to reveal more intimate hues. The pale yellow …
Prompt Series #8 – When you think of California, what comes to mind?
Question: When you think of California, what comes to mind? I lived in southern California for over seven years. In that span, I lived in four houses and went to three schools. On an old New York Times or USA Today dialect test, my dialect was clearly Californian. Others, including my parents who grew up …
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Prompt Series #7 – Write about a song and the memories or feelings it evokes in you.
Prompt: Write about a song and the memories or feelings it evokes in you. This is going to be a very different answer than most would give. The song: “Carbon Freeze; Darth Vader’s Trap; Departure of Boba Fett” from The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack release in 1997 alongside the special editions coming to theatres. Up …