Chris Rodell's Blog, page 93
October 30, 2014
Isn't it time we resurrected another Carpenter?
(819 words)
Me and my buddies enjoyed a spectacular post-Steeler game carouse Sunday with a young Australian couple. We met on a hotel shuttle and they wound up joining us for dinner at Fat Heads on Carson Street.
They were taking the kind of tour of America even most travel-seasoned Americans envy. San Francisco, Yosemite, Texas, Graceland, Washington, NYC — and Pittsburgh!
He was a
Me and my buddies enjoyed a spectacular post-Steeler game carouse Sunday with a young Australian couple. We met on a hotel shuttle and they wound up joining us for dinner at Fat Heads on Carson Street.
They were taking the kind of tour of America even most travel-seasoned Americans envy. San Francisco, Yosemite, Texas, Graceland, Washington, NYC — and Pittsburgh!
He was a
October 29, 2014
Hoping for Game 7 extra-extra innings
(665 words)
I’m thinking of DVRing tonight’s World Series game 7 and watching just two pitches every night until the game’s concluded about four months from now.
See, I like to savor my baseball.
No matter who wins tonight, I lose. I’ll be without baseball until pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training Feb. 11.
But I recognize inherent flaws in my plan.
First of all, I’d
I’m thinking of DVRing tonight’s World Series game 7 and watching just two pitches every night until the game’s concluded about four months from now.
See, I like to savor my baseball.
No matter who wins tonight, I lose. I’ll be without baseball until pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training Feb. 11.
But I recognize inherent flaws in my plan.
First of all, I’d
October 28, 2014
My celebrity friend & four brushes with fame
(1,477 words)
I’m not famous, but I know one famous man. He’s Arnold Palmer, a good guy to know, especially if you’re a blogger looking to add a little sizzle to a line up that sometimes includes mundane topics like socks and potato chips.
I know someone else you’ve never heard of. He’s not world famous, but he is famous to many famous people so today I want to tell you a little about
I’m not famous, but I know one famous man. He’s Arnold Palmer, a good guy to know, especially if you’re a blogger looking to add a little sizzle to a line up that sometimes includes mundane topics like socks and potato chips.
I know someone else you’ve never heard of. He’s not world famous, but he is famous to many famous people so today I want to tell you a little about
October 24, 2014
My facial procedure & aversion to big ass needles
(735 words)
The unbidden gusher of tears came squirting out of my face the instant the dermatologist stuck the needle into the soft skin one half inch below my left eye.
I felt an instantaneous wooziness that usually takes about three hours, two cigars and a half a bottle of bourbon to acquire more organically.
I’d gone to the doctor to have a small growth removed. I’d had it removed
The unbidden gusher of tears came squirting out of my face the instant the dermatologist stuck the needle into the soft skin one half inch below my left eye.
I felt an instantaneous wooziness that usually takes about three hours, two cigars and a half a bottle of bourbon to acquire more organically.
I’d gone to the doctor to have a small growth removed. I’d had it removed
October 22, 2014
Dreamt I got a parking ticket (woke up pissed)
(733 words)
I woke up this morning with the memory of a terrible dream in my head. It wasn’t a nightmare. It was just really annoying.
I dreamt I got a parking ticket!
Yes, great men like Martin Luther King Jr. have dreams that all men will be judged, not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
I dreamt I’d been wronged by the meter maid.
So I woke up
I woke up this morning with the memory of a terrible dream in my head. It wasn’t a nightmare. It was just really annoying.
I dreamt I got a parking ticket!
Yes, great men like Martin Luther King Jr. have dreams that all men will be judged, not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
I dreamt I’d been wronged by the meter maid.
So I woke up
October 21, 2014
Pennsylvania license plates among nation's worst
(701 words)
My 8-year-old daughter is like her old man in that she sees the world and recognizes it’s full of petty irritants.
That, to me, is just another petty irritant because it increases the likelihood that one day a guidance counselor will advise her the only thing she’s cut out to do is blog.
But unlike your typical blogger, she sees something that annoys her and she does
My 8-year-old daughter is like her old man in that she sees the world and recognizes it’s full of petty irritants.
That, to me, is just another petty irritant because it increases the likelihood that one day a guidance counselor will advise her the only thing she’s cut out to do is blog.
But unlike your typical blogger, she sees something that annoys her and she does
October 20, 2014
Playing Oakmont (and Arnold Palmer says I'm the best)
(715 words)
I’m set to golf today at Oakmont C.C. in about four hours. The fact will no doubt stir resentment among my golfing friends.
Oakmont is one of the most prestigious golf clubs in the world.
Well, let me rub it in a little more. I’ll tee off after I bid Arnold Palmer bon voyage on his way to Florida. One of my partners today is Doc Giffin. He’s been Palmer’s able assistant
I’m set to golf today at Oakmont C.C. in about four hours. The fact will no doubt stir resentment among my golfing friends.
Oakmont is one of the most prestigious golf clubs in the world.
Well, let me rub it in a little more. I’ll tee off after I bid Arnold Palmer bon voyage on his way to Florida. One of my partners today is Doc Giffin. He’s been Palmer’s able assistant
October 19, 2014
Sunday encore! Lottery losers should decide winners
No reason whatsoever for re-running this April '12 entry. No surge of readers drawing it to my attenion. No related topical instigations. I just was going through the roster — blog no. 1,300 will appear in early November! — and recalled thinking this one was a good idea. Hope you like it. Thanks, as always, for taking the time to stop by. Please share with friends anytime you feel the blog is
October 16, 2014
Selling crayon books to Steelers/Bigfoot fans
(725 words)
I was treated to an honors tutorial in guerrilla book selling Sunday at Fort Ligonier Days.
Or was it gorilla book selling? I guess it all depends on your etymological sense of the supernatural Bigfoot.
See, bureaucratic considerations nearly caused me to tantrum bolt from the Sunday book signing. A Ligonier constabulary said the table my host at Second Chapter Books had
I was treated to an honors tutorial in guerrilla book selling Sunday at Fort Ligonier Days.
Or was it gorilla book selling? I guess it all depends on your etymological sense of the supernatural Bigfoot.
See, bureaucratic considerations nearly caused me to tantrum bolt from the Sunday book signing. A Ligonier constabulary said the table my host at Second Chapter Books had
October 15, 2014
Why I always give trusting strangers wrong directions
(707 words)
I think people are always asking me for directions because I walk with a confident stride and have a friendly face. When I’m out for a stroll, I look like the kind of guy who really knows where he’s going.
It’s yet another triumph of appearance over competence because I have no idea where even familiar places are.
But that never stops me from pretending I do.
Happened
I think people are always asking me for directions because I walk with a confident stride and have a friendly face. When I’m out for a stroll, I look like the kind of guy who really knows where he’s going.
It’s yet another triumph of appearance over competence because I have no idea where even familiar places are.
But that never stops me from pretending I do.
Happened
