Seanramblings

The Poscast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur is one of my favorite podcasts. I've listened to every single episode for many years. Posnanski is a sports writer, and I've read several of his books. Schur is best known for creating Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, and Man on the Inside among a long list of credits. So when they announced that they c...

There are several different subjects I want to write about, but this is an emergency. We have multiple celebrities wearing (or adjacent to) Pittsburgh gear. First, actors J.K. Simmons and Bill Fagerbakke threw out the first pitch at Wednesday's Pirates game. You know J.K. Simmons from his roles in the Spider-Man movies, the Farmer's Insurance commercials, and for his Oscar-winni...

I have saved this story for several years, but I believe that the statute of limitations has expired. In the summer of 2022, we took a family trip to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Rochester, and Ithaca. Niagara Falls is absolutely stunning, and there’s so much to do in Toronto. We went to a Cirque du Soleil show, Blue Jays game, visited the Hockey Hall of Fame and Toronto zoo, and che...

Remember a few months ago when I wrote a post about how I needed to stop sports gambling? Well, that has proved difficult. At the time, my excuse was that I didn’t want to delete the apps because I wanted to see the outcome of some season-long wagers. ...