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Holiday Watch: Angels and Ornaments

Angels and Ornaments is a familiar and enjoyable tale of an angel meddling in romance to get the two people who are …

Holiday Watch: Northpole

At Northpole, elves are worried — everyone from young Clementine to not-currently-as-jolly-as-he-should-be Santa — as the Northern Lights are acting all wonky. In the …

Holiday Watch: The Nine Lives of Christmas

As you might expect from the title, The Nine Lives of Christmas uses cats as it’s plot device. In this case, a pair …

Holiday Watch: One Starry Christmas

Holly Jensen, a soon-to-be Ph.D. in astronomy comes home to her holiday-impaired boyfriend Adam. Holly loves Christmas and all that goes along with …

My Fountain Penning Daily Lineup

I like writing with fountain pens — which I’ve written about before. I like the old-school quality that makes me feel connected …

The Top 100 Star Trek Episodes Of All Time!

A pretty good list with all series well represented. While some may dispute any given episode’s placement, there aren’t any glaring gaffs.

For one Elena Delle Donne fan, it’s gotta be the shoes – ESPN

Time was that male athletes weren’t surrounded by entourages and they gave their autographs for free. Time was. One of the things I love about women’s sports is that time still is, as demonstrated by another article by the doesn’t-get-praised-enough Mechelle Voepel

World Cup Has Precedent of Installing Grass – NYTimes.com

I just wish that FIFA, the IOC, and so many other sports organizations would finally stop marginalizing (or sexualizing) the women’s side of sports.

NWSL officiating: The narrative and the statistics

Officiating is a problem in every sport. Personally, I think more cards (even post-game) for flopping/diving would help make an official’s life easier in the long run.

World Cup Soccer Stats Erase The Sport’s Most Dominant Players: Women

I’ve been adding the “Men’s” qualifier for decades because accuracy.

2014 NWSL – A Few Mid-season Gripes

We are past the midway point in the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. This second season has improved its presentation …

Equalizer Soccer – Harris keeps pushing herself to excel in competitive US goalkeeping scene

Equalizer Soccer – Harris keeps pushing herself to excel in competitive US goalkeeping scene.

Football equality still lacking | The Sack

Not just an American problem. Not by a long shot. Football equality still lacking | The Sack.

Ink Nouveau: Changes with Lamy and Pilot at GouletPens.com

As y’all know, I love my fountain pens and my first stop to feed my addiction passion (no really, I can stop whenever …

Fans of The Connor Wars: You Will Probably Like This

I’ve written a new novel that will be published soon. Exactly when is to be determined, but the target is the end …

Quick Thoughts on Frozen

The release of Disney’s [amazon_link id=”B00G5G7K7O” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Frozen[/amazon_link] on DVD and Blu-ray gave me the opportunity to see if my initial …

Olympic Winter Games – 2014 Edition

I write this on the penultimate day of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. It seems like the right time …

Ownership Group Sends Tremors Through Los Angeles Sparks

The start of 2014 brought surprising news to the WNBA: WNBA president Laurel Richie announced that that family-owned company controlling the Los …