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My Football Bucket List
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Curse you both, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.
You may be giants–nay, legends of American cinema–but I have a grievance to air with both of you.
You have stolen my catch phrase. Kind of.
Back in 2001 or so, one of my co-workers and I were talking about cool things we wanted to do before [...]
Category: Orange Slices and Aspirin
The Five Stages of Soccer Grief
By: Sean | 6 Comments
Having been on the tragic side of more soccer routs than I care to admit, I noticed a familiar pattern to the losing side’s collective behavior. With each goal compounding additional misery, I could almost predict how a squad would respond and I thought I had chanced upon a brilliant discovery. Then I [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinMeeting Timber Jim
By: Sean | 4 Comments
Be honest: It’s kind of a big deal when you get to meet famous people. I think most of us get a little rush when we see a celebrity of any pedigree and perhaps even more so when that celebrity is associated with something we really, really love. Growing up, I got [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinThe Wizard of O.G.
By: Sean | 6 Comments
If scoring a goal in a soccer match is the epitome of all that is good and right and glorious in the Beautiful Game, the dreaded O.G. has to be considered the anti-goal. I’m at a loss to think of another experience in the game that can turn the momentum, break a player’s confidence, [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinThe Num83rs Game
By: Sean | 4 Comments
It is interesting to try and distill the essence of a football match or season down to a collection of statistics. We look at a match report and see a bunch a numbers. We see a final score. We see a scorer’s name and the minute when they scored. If the [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinThe Wall: A CYOE* Post
By: Sean | 5 Comments
* “Choose Your Own Ending”
Do you remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” set of books from the early to mid-Eighties? If you are pushing forty years old, there is a good chance you do. These were a series of books for primarily elementary school age readers that would let you read the story–usually [...]
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