The map tried to put us in the parking lot for the Office Max to make a u-turn and go back the way we came. We found it in the end. There’s a man standing outside the front doors; he looks tired and sad and when he sees us I see the pain I feel …
The map tried to put us in the parking lot for the Office Max to make a u-turn and go back the way we came. We found it in the end. There’s a man standing outside the front doors; he looks tired and sad and when he sees us I see the pain I feel …
I wasn’t entirely sure how I wanted to start this blog post. Or this series rather. Would I need to go back and explain reffing? Derby? My goals and the past year? Should I just jump straight in and talk about the trip? I wasn’t sure. I’m still not entirely sure. I wanted some sort …
Watching derby. Writing about derby. Looking at my rather empty calendar. I don’t have any games on the books (except a possible Labor Day hop to Flagstaff) and it’s sort of like I feel a bit lost. There’s so much happening in the personal life right now that I could use the distraction of training, …
I’ve been sort of back and forth trying to decide what I want to do with this blog and the others I started several years ago. I’ve archived all the other accounts associated with BWBW, and will be focusing solely on this blog until I decide what to do. I will be continuing to write …
I have some thoughts on meal trains. First, I think you should understand where I was last year, where I am this year and why, because of these two different places, I will never again turn down being on the giving or receiving end of an offered meal. Last year, after my Mom died, everyone …
Last heavy post and then I gotta switch it up for a bit. There’s an article circling in the officating community. Written by, I assume, a skater. The claim is made that reffing and being a skater go hand in hand and doing one makes you better at the other. I don’t disagree. Not completey. …
Less than stellar feeling. Picked up a nasty bug that’s got my chest in a vice. On the bright side, I did the thing again. Reffing is hard. Like never was skating this hard. First off, I’ve let my endurance slide. Don’t do that. You don’t get to sit on the bench every other …
More reffing happened. Still loving it. More than I thought. Some really tough decisions were made. I’ve given up coaching and any team opportunities this year. I have a priority. It’s officiating. Doing all the things doesn’t help me learn or grow. I can only be so neutral with one toe in the skater pool …
went down to do some shooting and take my mind off stresses. Had some interesting (to me) results. The targets in the right show the results of 17 rounds at 50 yards sitting. Right handed (as I am). On the left, the same (20 rounds) only shooting with my left. I had similar results standing …
To whom it may concern: I have noticed, in recent weeks, an uptick in the number of scarecrows in the neighboring lawn at [redacted]. I would like to address the myriad of issues that surround this recent development as it pertains to the situations that arose, most recently, in our small and humble town. Many …
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