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Posted on December 21, 2006

I appreciate your comments about Suzy Kolber. Truly I do. Running the risk of sounding totally spineless, I’ll go ahead and concede that Suzy knows her stuff. She is clearly passionate about what she does and works very hard, indefatigably even. I know that it can’t be easy being a woman in the field of sports broadcasting. My comments about Suzy were more about personality, kind of like saying you prefer golden retrievers to cocker spaniels. Not saying cocker spaniels aren’t good dogs, I just prefer a joyous, lumbering 100 pound dog to a frisky, lap sized, wavy haired licker. Perhaps I was too harsh on Suzy. I don’t want to be seen as having anything in common with the imbecilic vitriol of Andy…

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Santa Says: Write to Tanner

Posted on December 20, 2006

Just got a little candy cane scented missive from the North Pole.Jolly Old Saint Nick has asked that all of us moms and dads see if we can’t slow down for ten minutes and write a letter to a friend of his. This friend’s name is: Tanner Tanner is a very cool 6 year old. He has all the regular things you would expect from a 6 year old, including an imagination that helped him to craft a drawing of an airplane he could fly to visit a new cousin. What you wouldn’t expect is that he also happens to have Muscular Dystrophy. Tanner is very brave about it and focuses more on having fun, than being sick. Some very special people got together…

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All I Am Saying

Posted on December 19, 2006

You choose your mate, but you don’t necessarily choose their behavior. Sean would prefer that I not grab him in a passionate embrace in the electrical aisle at Lowe’s or start a loud discussion about matters more appropriately addressed at home. I would prefer that we not always take the “scenic route” thereby changing: “From point A to point B, to “From point A to point F-2.” But we work it out. Lately, I have been soliciting feedback from Sean on different writing endeavors, in much the same way he solicits my feedback on design work he does. Last night I wrote a bit about his feedback. I was not trying to ridicule him, or build myself up. It was simply something I found…

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