Emotional. Surreal. I can only use those two words to describe what it was like to see U2 in concert at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome last night in New Orleans. I bought my ticket on a whim earlier in the day…
The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a great place to be. Let me clarify that: It’s a fantastic spot on a sunny Sunday in October. I don’t think I’d want to stay there. The Angola Prison isn’t the Ritz Carlton. Every year…
One year ago today I turned 29+1. I said it like that for the longest time because 30 felt old. It meant my 20’s were gone and 40’s were a stone’s throw away. If you can read between the lines,…
Picture this: It’s 11:55 pm on New Year’s Eve and I’m glued to my phone. My life is about to change in an amazing way. I’m going to be an uncle for the first time. I told my friends that…
Ten-year-old me was a pansy. I’m going to call it as I see it. My aunt always took me and my twin sister on little excursions and during one October weekend, she decided we were old enough to try our…
New Orleans. Wow. I never thought I’d call The Big Easy home. Hell, if you told me after I graduated from the University of Delaware that within the next eight years I’d live in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Texas, Georgia…
A little more than two years ago I drove to New Orleans, nervous but excited. As it turns out, not much changes in the span of 859 days. Back in 2013, I decided to attend WrestleMania 30 by myself. I had…
I never expected to be a Division I athlete. Heck, as a high school freshman I was 5-foot-1, 105 pounds. If that. During freshman orientation at Mount Pleasant High School (Go Green Knights), they had tables set up in the…
While watching Michigan State dispatch Georgia last weekend in the “second round” of the NCAA Tournament, I thought back to a few years ago when I went to the Round of 32 on a whim with my roommate. It was held…