Category Archives: Writes
Pocket Poetry Day
On one hand, it’s NFL DRAFT DAY!!!!!!! (Jumping up and performing cartwheels. Go Chiefs!) But on the other hand, today is also Poem In Your Pocket Day. I didn’t carry a poem in my pocket today; I let the world of … Continue reading
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Resiliency
Resiliency is vital in tough situations. Resiliency with a little humor and smart-assedness is my favorite. I particularly like these photos from Fayetteville last week after the firing of the University of Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino for “misleading … Continue reading
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THE YOUNGER DAYS Book Release Giveaway
I wrote a book. Seriously, I did. It is a book for the upper middle grade (10-14 year old) boy crowd, but I think anyone can enjoy it. I know it may be a bit surprising to some of you, … Continue reading
Me vs. The O.S.B: The Grammar Grade
Fifth Grade at the CTK Catholic School meant one thing, The Eleventh Commandment. You know it, “Thou shalt not abuse the basic rules of grammar”. By God’s Grace or hours upon hours upon hours of work , you would know … Continue reading
The Wingbuster Story Finale: Shut ‘Em Down Boys!
The planning is done, the presentation is done, the preparation is about as far as we can take it and now we’ve run out of time. It’s time to take it to the field. I could never sleep much the … Continue reading
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The Wingbuster Story: Part 3
So, the research is done and the planning is done, now it’s time to go to work. It is time to try and convince 60 young men that if they pay attention, if they listen, if they work their tails … Continue reading
The Wingbuster Story: Part 2
Wingbuster: The Plan Research – I used two invaluable resources. Former Tiger assistant football coach Wayne Link let us use his double wing offense book. Formations, plays, blocking schemes; this book had it all. It was like taking a college … Continue reading
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The Wingbuster Story: Part One
The Wingbuster. I imagine when the approximately 300 or so former Tiger football players from that era in Clay County, KS hear those two words, it brings a sly smile to their faces. The Wingbuster was a football defense we … Continue reading
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of … Continue reading
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