[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eki_PRzNk-Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Sad tearjerker songs stick in the memory forever. The song that stands alone at the top is… Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O’Sullivan. It has a great title, self-pitying lyrics, whiny vocal and an infuriating catchy tune (which forms the basis to any true tearjerker) all with the backing of a lush orchestra. Three […]

Famous baseball curses include The Curse of the Bambino, (Red Sox) The Curse of the Billy Goat (Cubs) and The Curse of the Angels, whose stadium is built on old Indian burial grounds, a phenomena which turns out to be both palpable and well-documented. The Angels’ tragic history includes the January 2010 death of 54-year […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-SrXKlHZFo] Riddle: What’s even better than hockey? Answer: More hockey! As you saw in my goon-afflicted Episode #7, The Brute, I’ve been playing street hockey since I was eight. When I was 23, I joined organized dek hockey leagues. I was mostly on very bad teams. I remember one Sunday morning, our last place team […]