I have a love/hate relationship with most social media. When I first signed in to Facebook all those years ago, I thought it was fun to connect with old friends from long ago. It answered the occasional question bouncing around my head - “I wonder what he/she is up to these days?” Then there were the connections to people I’ve never met but have seen me on QVC. Much of it has been fun. However, there is also the seedy underbelly of the social world loaded with conspiracy theo

For a man who never stepped foot into my parents’ home, Kenny Pizzo has held unusual status in my family for decades. Half man/ half myth; his presence is felt every year, and his name is referenced far more often than I’m certain he ever knows. So who the heck is the legendary Kenny Pizzo? And how does he rise to such esteemed status? Let’s start at the best part: the beginning. Kenny Pizzo grows up in 1950s Lyndhurst, New Jersey, a working-class suburb in the shadow of New

This year, there have been a few days on the mountains of Vermont and Pennsylvania & one transforming morning w/ a long time ski instructor

The Blackhawks have become the latest team/company/organization to screw up the handling of sexual assault.

With the latest news that Texas and Oklahoma threw a hand grenade into the Big-12 (not the first time that has happened) and decided to move into the football powerhouse of the SEC, we have reached a jump the shark moment in the world of conference based, college football. Yes, just like the Fonz waterskiing in his leather jacket off the southern California coast, it’s time to put this thing to bed and move forward. This college football conference thing needs to become a thi

Some of those best summer moments are made with the simple things like a rope, a tree and a river.

In the nearly 20 years that I have known my wife, we have been on some great adventures. That willingness to say “yes” is one of her best qualities. “Hey sweetheart, should we wander down this sketchy path to the beach?” “Sure, why not?” That ability to choose “yes” instead of “no” has led to a few bad choices, but also an overwhelming number of great times. Together, we’ve watched horses race on an open beach in Ireland. We’ve dove off uncomfortably high cliffs into Lake Sup

There was something in the air the other night that just seemed different. It wasn’t the scent of the freshly spread mulch. It wasn’t the flowers, and thankfully, it wasn’t something one of my dogs recently deposited in the backyard. No, it wasn’t a smell at all. It was a sound, the sound of kids joyfully playing as they ran carefree through a warm spring night. I forgot how much I missed that sound, and how great it would be to hear it again. This time last spring, we were t

The rollout of the vaccine to this nasty global pandemic we’ve been dealing with has been frustrating, stressful, confusing, and annoying, usually all at the same time. I am happy for my friends across the country who got in early and perplexed that some of my neighbors somehow got first dibs before my mom was able to get hers. Then I’m reminded of the over 500 thousand people that this virus has killed here in the US, plus the millions more around the globe. Something so sma

After a great and logistically challenging March Madness tipped off its final last night, the college hoops season ended with a thud. The 2 teams everyone thought were the 2 best teams all year long met in the final for what we all hoped and believed would be an epic showdown. Why? Because the 2 teams we all think should be in the final every year almost never make it the final every year. Upsets and buzzer beaters make every team mortal in the madness of hoops’ greatest mont

Zoom Done Right! Don't make your Zoom call look like a fresh turd.

We are in a perfect storm moment for any of us to ruin our career, relationship, and/or reputation. We’ve been locked in our homes. For many, the job of the future is unclear, and every time you turn around your 11 year old just started practicing the French Horn at the same time you started a Zoom meeting. OK, maybe that last one has impacted just me. However, there is plenty of activity around your ever-shrinking house that is driving you nuts right about now. Yup, stress l