Category Archives: Personal
William Christopher Caldwell
“I hope your child never has cancer” are tough advertisements for me to watch over and over during the Dodger games. Children’s Hospital has become one of the more prominent Dodger sponsors on SportsNetLA. The children in the photos are all too familiar to me and every time I see the commercials it just reminds of …
Mikaela Mayer – someone to root for
For the first time in my life, I have an almost direct connection to an Olympic Athlete giving me someone to really root for. Her name is Mikaela Mayer and she is competing in the lightweight boxing division in Rio. It is not my connection it is my wife’s but I’ll take it. My wife …
Simone and Simone
Sometimes it is hard for me to root for the country with the largest contingent of athletes going against tiny little David’s but within the massive number of US Athletes, little stories become big. Simone Biles proved that she was the best female gymnast in the world and did it in such a fashion that …
The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh
Life be funny. While on TrueblueLA a few weeks back I lamented about the fact that Disney had only released a limited number of DVD’s for their three part Wonderful World of Disney show called “The Scarecrow of Romney March”. I was but a wee lad when it first showed up on Disney, and it …
Zero Percent
Negotiation, promises, broken promises Negotiation, promises, broken promises Negotiation, promises, broken promises Negotiation, promises, broken promises This seemed to go on forever, but on April 21st at 11:33PM, the DVR finally said Zero Percent. Dr. Oz was gone. The telenovelas were gone. The craft shows were gone. Everything was finally gone. The constant battle to clear …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 