Archive for February, 2009

“Anything Is Possible!”

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Have you ever known the score, been through a process about a million times, and yet someone tried to make a project sound easier than it tends to be in reality? You explain what it takes to get a job done and someone (with their own agenda) tells you that it can be done much more easily–maybe with [...]

Brown-Garcia: Matchstick Men

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

“When WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown faces Leonard Garcia on Sunday, it will be to protect more than his belt. As always, he’ll defend the honor of MMA’s neglected lighter divisions.”
–ESPN.com
 
 
 You can watch the event live on the Versus channel this Sunday.

Interference

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Daily routines and mundane tasks have a way of getting in the way of our goals. While I’m waiting for the next inspirational idea to develop or working on my next assignment, laundry and dishes pile up. I wish I had some sort of special arrangement– maybe living in a hotel, sending everything out to [...]

Nightmare on the Scales

Friday, February 20th, 2009

 ”Diego Sanchez was always on the small side at welterweight. That’s why the TUF Season 1 winner plans on dropping down to the lightweight class. But will cutting the poundage help or hinder his performance?”
–Class Bully, ESPN.com

Being True

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

I think it’s worth acknowledging that we have to look back on our lives and live with what we did. I have regrets, but they can be rationalized away when you look at the context of a time or place where things didn’t go my way. If you do everything in your own power to [...]

Bench

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

I spent something like $50 on a sweatshirt and after one wash, it has “fuzz” in a couple spots. I find this depressing because the purchase was supposed to be uplifting and now the lack of quality is what’s shining through. I’m not saying that shopping is supposed to change my life–but I would have [...]