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A genuine imitation snakeskin baseball from Alice Cooper’s sports bar in Phoenix. Probably purchased in advance of the 2002 Oregon-Colorado Fiesta Bowl. Possibly picked up the year prior when we were in town for the Oregon State-Notre Dame Fiesta Bowl. I remember explicitly being in the bar during the 2000 Oregon-Texas Holiday Bowl. Our waiter…
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A collection of random memories found in and around my desk at the Oregonian as I prepare for my Aug. 28 departure. I have no idea if I was supposed to keep this or not. If not, I suppose the PGA of America is welcome to come collect it. It’s the media bib from the…
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I have no idea who controls this crazy little world, but to whomever made it rain and got E Street Radio to play “The Promise” just as I pulled up to my house Thursday afternoon, well, cheers to you. I tip my hat, my drink, and the seven (eight? nine?) other drinks that followed last…
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Once upon a time, I drove out to Burns to go on a cattle drive with former Oregon quarterback Kellen Clemens and his family. It nearly did me in. It was one of many reminders that I’m not really the guy I sometimes imagine I am. Also, it turns out maybe I’m Ok with that.…
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It was a day of sheltering in place. It was a day in which the essential geography of my life turned into a place of dark corners and of rustling in the underbrush. And it ended with cheers. I don’t know that there really is an either/or option, at least not anymore. You can, and…
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Forever Go Blue. — Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) April 9, 2013
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(Photo: @umichbball) I went to a dinner party last night. This is noteworthy only in as much as there was also a pretty big basketball game going on at the time and Michigan was playing. When I realized Michigan was going to be playing AT THE EXACT SAME TIME I was supposed to be at…
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FADE IN: INT. DINING ROOM. A SMALL, ADORABLE CHILD IS LISTING THE THINGS SHE LOVES. KIDDO: … and I love Mommy, and … DAD: Can you say I love lamp? KIDDO: I love lamp! Both parents burst into laughter. KIDDO: What? MOM: That’s just something they say in this movie about a silly news person.…
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“We’ll take here to hell and heaven and back.” (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Me: It’d be nice to be able to use horse shit in a quote sometimes. Co-worker 1: Maybe if you used equine to class it up. Co-worker 2: Equine droppings. Me: Seems a little daintier than what he was going for. Like calling a fart a toot.
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