Monthly Archives: March 2003

As I drove to the racquetball tournament on Sunday listening to war coverage on the radio, it occurred to me that it was more than a little ridiculous for me to be rassling with my mental demons for a stupid … Continue reading →

I played in the state singles racquetball championships over the weekend. I won my first B match on Friday night against a 15 yr-old kid who had his whole family there cheering him on. He had a bad case of … Continue reading →

One of my sons was giving me crap this week when I said I wasn’t interested in seeing the video footage of the dead American soldiers with bullet holes in their heads. Actually, I hadn’t thought much about it, other … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I posted a audioblog (transcript now up) about how I was reconsidering the value of affirmations after listening to a mental toughness/sports psychology audiotape. A reader sent me a link to a chapter on affirmations … Continue reading →

Now that the war in Iraq is in full swing and we have reports of American POWs and casualties, references to prayers are raining upon us in the media like a ‘shock and awe’ bombing campaign. Example: Praying and Dreading … Continue reading →

The print version of this Star Tribune article on The Quarterlife Crisis uses the by-line: “Low-paying jobs. No time for a social life. College debt. Lack of focus. Many 20-somethings never thought they’d have so much angst this early in … Continue reading →

I’m playing in my racquetball club’s annual singles championship this weekend, and the annual state tournament next weekend. I’ve been playing pretty well over the past few weeks, but my problem with tournaments has always been playing tight… not just … Continue reading →

I’ve had my Lingerie essay rejected by two well-known print pubs this week. My first rejections as a writer. I’ve arrived!! But it made enough of a dent with the reviewing editors that they’re interested in seeing more stuff from … Continue reading →

My wife gets irritated if I joke about the war. After reading The Onion’s Military Promises ‘Huge Numbers’ For Gulf War II: The Vengeance movie spoof, I just can’t help it. “The budget for Gulf War II: The Vengeance is … Continue reading →

CNN correspondent Kevin Sites is keeping a weblog from the Iraqi front lines, including some audioblog posts like this one: I am in Kalar, northern Iraq looking at a long line of trucks… of Kurdish people moving North… to be … Continue reading →

Our soldiers have already asked for forgiveness for what we’re going to do to the Iraqi army. – Bryan P. McCoy, Lieut. Colonel, USMC, quoted in last week’s Time. It’s an interesting way to bring God into it, but I … Continue reading →

I thought this trend faded when Bill Clinton left office. Duh. The Buddy System; Sex in High School and College: What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Originally appeared in the Jan. 19th Washington Post.) Since hooking up need not … Continue reading →

There’s partial text of last week’s Sports Illustrated cover story, The Rise and Fall of Kirby Puckett, in their baseball section. Article author Frank Dufour has a Q&A, as does contributing writer Steve Rushin… whose piece contains this quote: “Idolatry … Continue reading →

Bill Doherty’s post on Putting Family First’s weblog links to a recent article in the NY Times titled Bring Back the Sabbath. After I read it, I decided to spend most of my time on Sunday just catching up on … Continue reading →

Today’s Future Tense radio show on MPR, Something new in Weblogs, contains a brief clip from my audioblog on Tuesday. (Minutes 1:25 to 1:50.) “Weblogs often get into the minutiae of everyday life. An audio entry from Minnesota blogger Griff … Continue reading →

audblog audio post Part I audblog audio post Part II Transcript: I’ve been listening to a set of audiotapes called Mental Toughness. Yesterday, the sports psychologist told a story about a professional tennis player he worked with who came to … Continue reading →

Today’s edition of Jon Gordon’s Future Tense on Minnesota Public Radio is supposed to be an interview with Noah Glass of Audioblogger, along with a clip from my first Real Joe audblog audio post on Tuesday. The show typically airs … Continue reading →

Good to see some guys doing the public service bit on prostate cancer prevention. This one’s harnessing his love of motorcycles to the cause: Riding For Awareness. And colleague Kim Garretson is harnessing his love of pulp fiction magazine covers … Continue reading →

Found on DickStaub.com: All this war talk’s got me all upset. You know it’s not a surprise though because we are being led by a Bush, a Dick and a Colin. (Applause) Am I lying? It’s the truth, right. It’s … Continue reading →

“God lives, He is there. He answers prayer. We are so blessed to have this miracle given to us.” – Ed Smart, the father of Elizabeth Smart, the 15-year-old girl who vanished from her bedroom nine months ago, and was … Continue reading →

It’s the men, not the women, who appear to have body hangups in the Sopranos: Tony does look in the mirror. He also looks guilty when he eats ice cream and has panic attacks when he eats cold cuts.

This article in this week’s Time Out of the Closet and On to Fraternity Row profiles the growing movement of frat houses for gays. “The chastity rule is necessary, they say, to prove to their schoolmates that gay men can … Continue reading →

Got a phone call tonight from Noah Glass, the head-honcho of the company that’s created Audioblogger, and a blogger himself. I’d put in a request for five-minute audioposts as an option to the 2-minute ones. It just might be doable, … Continue reading →

Bush’s bedside prayer

Audioblogger is a new service that allows you to post two-minute audio entries to a Blogger weblog via a telephone. ($3/month for 12 posts.) I tried their free trial and it worked slick. The only thing I didn’t like was … Continue reading →