If you want to know what I'm like: I Should Hate Football. I have a good reason to not like football, but it hasn't stopped me.
If you've ever loved a band a little too much: KISS Alive! at 50. You wanted the best, you've got the best.
If you've ever been the one everybody yells at: Umpin' Ain't Easy. Everybody hates the umpire.
If you've ever stood in front of a flower cooler trying to get it right: The Flowers We Buy. Why the gesture still counts when everyone knows it's a gesture.
Fight the Good Fight
I can remember a handful of times my parents fought in the same room that I was in. The reason for the arguments is lost to the sands of time, but I remember how it made me feel. Scared.
Flash forward …
One of my favorite possessions came about because I stood in line for three hours.
The line was for my all-time favorite comic book artist, George Pérez. I was attending the Chicago Wizard World Comic …
A few weeks ago I went looking for something I wrote.
It was an older essay. I remembered the ending, more or less. I remembered writing it late on a Friday and feeling good about it. What I couldn’t …
