Every NCAA sports fan has their favorite time of year. While most pick football’s bowl season or March Madness in hoops, there is a growing popularity in NCAA baseball postseason action. There are 64 teams vying for 8 coveted invites to Omaha’s Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. This weekend, that field will be narrowed to sixteen.
Which teams [...]
Archive for May, 2008
The Road to Omaha – Part I
Posted in NCAA Athletics, Texas Longhorn Athletics, tagged College World Series, CWS, NCAA Baseball, Omaha, The Road to Omaha on May 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A Case of Mistaken Identity
Posted in Health & Rehab, tagged brain, brain tumor, craniotomy, ependymoma, glasses, hospital, tumor, vision, vision therapy on May 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Get ready to bid farewell the the Dread Pirate Patches McLeft-Eye….
That’s right, after a year of enjoying horrified looks on mother’s faces as kids pointed at me and asked aloud if I was a pirate, the eye patch is easing into retirement.
Even though my left eye has not healed all the way, I am being [...]
Back to School
Posted in Health & Rehab, tagged brain, brain tumor, craniotomy, ependymoma, nerve regeneration, rehabilitation, speech therapy, tumor on May 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Across the country kids are counting down the days until school is out for the Summer. Me? I just went back to ’school’ today!
On Thursday morning, I returned to the same therapy hospital where I spent most of 2007, to undergo a speech therapy evaluation. Since having vocal chord surgery about a month ago, there has [...]
High-profile diagnosis
Posted in Newsworthy Notes, tagged brain tumor, cancer, Edward Kennedy on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed on Tuesday as having a malignant brain tumor. According to this report, Kennedy was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
Regardless of how folks feel about his politics or his personal life, this is a very serious diagnosis. Having been through my share of brain tumor challenges in the last 13 [...]
Roundball Ruminations
Posted in Professional Sports, tagged Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Manu Ginobli, NBA, San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the NBA conference finals are set to get underway this evening, I must say that the playoffs have been underwhelming so far. With the exception of a memorable Spurs vs Suns game and a thrilling decisive game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers, these playoff series have been rather pedestrian.
Can all that change as [...]
