Cats scratched fever

A friend of mine is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. When his son was around two, I gifted him an Aikman jersey. A few years later the jersey was given back to me as a gift for Gavin. And stupidly I accepted it.
And now I am the father of a … (cringing) .. Cowboys fan. [...]

Dog Pound

Went to a Fayetteville Swampdogs game last Friday night. Amazingly, Big G overcame his “Large Mute Animal” fear to give the team mascot Fun-Go some digital love.

This came after his sissy put him to shame. She’s doesn’t hug mascots as much as tackle. And I love how the crowd made sure [...]

Kick start

A couple months ago the wife was at the local Habitat ReStore and found – brand new and unopened – a baseball pitchback. For $10. What a deal! Saturday evening I finally got around to putting it together. It was meant for Big G. But that bad boy is now for me!
I think I’m in [...]

Crawdad conflictions

Went to the Hickory Crawdads game last Friday night. It didn’t take the Gs long to spot Conrad, cause the costumed crustacean crept continuously around the crowd. They were obsessed with him. When finally he passed our way, they rushed to him!
Gabby, of course, was overjoyed!

As for Gavin? Well … He [...]

Getting our kicks in

A few weeks ago I had to drop the wife off at the high school for a parent-teacher conference with the Teen. As we pulled in, I saw soccer practice ongoing down the hill. So before leaving I went down toward the field and stopped. I told the Gs to looks outside at the soccer [...]

Hat to the back

I keep a stack of ball caps hanging on an old bottle on my dresser. One day, Big G happened to take notice of my little ornamental tree. “Hat! Hat!” he cried whiel pointing. So I pulled one off and have it to him. It was a Cleveland Indians hat, one I bought more than [...]

Fantasy Finish

So another NFL regular season has come and gone. That’s 256 games. Playing the ESPN Pigskin Pick’em fantasy game, I tried my hand at guessing the winner in every one. The end result?
I broke the 90th percentile. 91.0% to be exact. Not too bad. Not too bad at all.
Five weeks in, I was En [...]

The game of Risk

What I was doing this time last year
SETUP. Last year Appalachian State went to its third straight national championship football game. Even before the semifinal game was finished, the game sold out. Tickets with a face value of $20 sold for well over $100 on ebay. I lucked out getting two as a gift from [...]

Fair weather fans

Gabby and I watching the band during halftime of the Appalachian State versus Elon game. Professional photographer and father of quickly growing twins Chad Mitchell took the photo, which is on display for everyone to see. This was taken during a rare break of no water – frozen or melted – falling on our heads.

A bundle of coy

Gabby has made only one football game this season. I was feeling a bit guilty. I mean .. I paid for her a season ticket. And she’s only been to ONE game! How dare she inspire such wasteful spending.

Photos from the game

So when Appalachian State had its final home game of the regular season, I [...]