New beginnings
Sports The thing that’s bugging me about sports these days is how much athletes are paid. Many make as much in one week as normal Americans make in an entire year. Grrrrrr…. Life Today I went through orientation for my new job. It wasn’t as boring as some orientations that I’ve been through, and tonight [...]
Transitions
Life As you may already know, I’ll be starting a new job a week from Monday. As the Marketing Manager for one of the divisions of ASUs business school, I will be entering a different industry from the one I’ve spent most of the last 12 years. Leaving sports was a difficult choice to make, [...]
George and Me
I have a George Steinbrenner story. And it’s a good one. I didn’t grow up a Yankees fan, though both my sister and my father are die-hards. So much so, that for my dad’s retirement gift, we flew the whole family to (the old) Yankee Stadium on the 4th of July. It was a great [...]
Endings (World Cup) and Beginnings (New job!)
Sports World Cup – Yesterday was the World Cup Final, and it lived up to the hype! Spain and Netherlands battled for 116 minutes before anyone could get on the board. The Dutch will be lamenting their missed chances for many years, but Spain earned the win on a beautiful strike by Iniesta. It’s sad [...]
Germany – Interviews – the3six5
Sports Today started out really well. My native country, the United States of America, is no longer competing in the World Cup, so I have been cheering for what I affectionately call ‘the motherland,’ Germany. My grandfather’s family is from Germany, and my mother’s native name translates to ‘church yard.’ It doesn’t hurt that my [...]