Nice Guys Finish First!

It was the spring of 1984 and my wife (fiancé, back then) Michele and I were finalizing the invitation list for our upcoming wedding that fall.  It was to be a small affair, built on a budget befitting two young twenty-somethings less than a year out of college, whose parents were themselves still hard at [...]

I made an inspiring discovery this morning by engaging in an activity that is rare for me; I checked my Facebook page.  As Facebook participants go, I must be amongst the poorest representatives, with a list of Friends that is so small it would probably be easier to call each one individually rather than engage [...]

It’s hard to fathom that we’ll catch Tim Tebow in a TMZ moment any time soon – probably not even in our lifetime, for that matter.  The devout Christian doesn’t drink, doesn’t do drugs and hasn’t even managed to utter one syllable of egocentricity during the hundreds of public interviews about his skyrocketed path to [...]

We cannot define humanity without the word “imperfection.”  That’s because flaws and mistakes are an inherent fixture within mankind, and no human being is exempt from them.  Since that much is inarguable, we are fortunate as a society to have two important refuges from this unavoidably imperfect existence.  The first is forgiveness.  The second is [...]

After all, this is a blog about nice guys finishing first.  Yeah I know, the Broncos lost their last three games, and Tim Tebow looked less than miraculous in those contests.  Okay, to be honest, he actually looked pretty bad by most standards of professional quarterbacking.  But even that fizzling finish can’t diminish the seven-week [...]

ESPN is the best at what they do, which is, of course, broadcasting sports news and entertainment.  One of the many reasons for their success is their uncanny ability to look forward;  to predict what will be interesting to their viewers, and then showcase it in a way their über-loyal audience will love. One notable [...]

From the 23-page Grand Jury’s report, the portrait of a villain emerges – or even that of a monster.   The details of the accusations levied against this accused villain are so disturbing that they almost seem fictitious, as if they were pilfered from the plot of a horror novel co-authored by Stephen King and Scott [...]

In the passing of Steve Jobs we were all unavoidable witnesses to the public immortalizing of a mortal man.  Death, perhaps more than life, has a tendency to stir that phenomenon.  There’s no arguing that Steve Jobs’ impact and influence on society was of a magnitude matched by precious few individuals in our recent history.  Thus, he is [...]

We’re going “college crazy” right about now.  We’ve hit that stage in our lives when our two oldest boys – one a high school senior and the other a college freshman – have been knee deep in the thick of college searches and applications for the past two years.  Well that’s not entirely true.  It’s [...]

Thirty years ago, when we were kids, free time was just that – free.  If you weren’t in school and you weren’t at home eating, sleeping or watching Road Runner cartoons, you were outside with your friends, playing freely.  It was what sociologists would eventually call “pick-up play,” (as opposed to the “organized play” of [...]