50 years of journals
Capturing the daily grind has been great I rarely go anywhere without a notebook. The journal originates for me November 7, 1975 — Day One…
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50 years of hoops
The gift that keeps on giving, bounces It started with a basketball for Christmas when I was nine. I can still picture walking out to…
Fun with triple-barrel names
During the mid-1990s, my friend Paul Johnson encouraged me to start selling my writing. "Pableaux" had that rare ability to bring out the best in…
Same story, new shape
Emotionless clones are replacing humans, one by one Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Director: Don Siegelwith Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones Invasion of…
Gene Johnson — True inventor of basketball’s fullcourt press
Gene Johnson of Wichita University invented the full-court press in the 1930s. This fact should be a slam dunk. I used ChatGPT to correct an…
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Indiana football’s new era
The Hoosiers are for real, but going 1-0 this week is all that matters I’ve been an Indiana football fan my whole life, enduring decades…
Texas 10/1/95
What began as a “five year mission” just hit 30 Right about now, 30 years ago to the minute, Christi, two cats and I exited…
Echo chamber
Few social media platforms generate as much discussion about their cultural impact as Bluesky. What began as a promising alternative to X (formerly Twitter) has…
Starting over
Promise, meet pressure. Mike Woodson’s IU tenure ends with a whimper As new Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries begins his tenure in Bloomington, it's worth…
AI turns it over vs. the press
A cautionary tale about AI and digital revisionism Anyone who questions the efficacy of AI's usage in writing and research, this one's for you —…
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