Baseball is a dreamer maker and a heart breaker. Nathan Thompson looks back on his own boyhood baseball hopes and on the career of former New York Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu who died of an apparent suicide.
Archives for 2011
Confronting The Fear – A Writer Prepares to Publish
A writer takes steps to publish a memoir he has written, knowing that moving forward with his book will help him release the fears he has harbored since childhood.
After Your Final Status Update
Many of us have a social media personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow, editor in chief at Mashable, asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you’ve died? Could it … live on?
Tarmac Meditations #57: Brand New Day
Van Morrison provides Michael with the right soundtrack for his early morning run.
For the Hell of It: Rage Against the Bureauracy
Julia McLean is fed up with bureaucracy and she’s not going to take it anymore. She hopes not anyway. She really does.
Tarmac Meditations #56: Fences
As Michael discovers, sometimes life is seen clearest in layers.
I’ll Shake to That
There’s a handshake for nearly every personality type out there. Phyllis Wilson talks about the most common handshakes she’s observed in her handshake surveillance.
Convenience Zombies
Nathan Thompson looks at how speed and convenience are destroying our personal connections.
A Night Out with Death
Nigerian writer Sylva Ifedigbo attempts to demystify death and conquer the fear of it in this impersonal conversation between a human being and the dreaded spirit of death.
South Pacific Tales Part 2: Passage to Pleasure
Vincent Ross cruises to the paradise island of Ouvéa aboard the Pacific Sun and finds white sand, pristine waters, and nothing to think about but what’s for lunch.
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