Words Seldom Seen: Fanboy

Posted on January 16, 2024January 3, 2024 by Simon

Fanboy Noun: A male fan. For example: “Bill is a big fanboy of Zelensky.” or Verb: A male being overly enthusiastic. For example: “Bill has a tendency to fanboy about the UCLA of the... Read More

WWIT About Transgender Issues

Posted on March 30, 2022March 29, 2022 by Simon

WWIT: What Was I Thinking About Transgender Athletes In our diverse and tolerant society we should be willing to accept that for some people sex is not a binary thing. We can accommodate and celebrate... Read More

Football

Posted on January 9, 2021January 8, 2021 by Simon

It is the beginning of the NFL playoffs so here is an idea to make it a little bit safer: Quarterbacks should wear a different color since there are different rules for tackling them. This is how they... Read More

Football Prediction

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 by Simon

In the next decade a major university with a big time college football program will stop playing football. Probably as a result of a law suit regarding a head injury. The plaintiff will argue, that in... Read More

Book Read: A Golfers Dream

Posted on August 5, 2019August 12, 2019 by Simon

A Golfers Dream by Larry Berle If you need your spirits lifted read this book. I am not a golfer even though I live in the golf capital of America, Phoenix, Arizona. I read A Golfer’s Dream beca... Read More

Football is Soccer

Posted on July 23, 2019July 17, 2019 by Simon

The impetus for our trip to France was the Women’s World Cup finals in Lyon. Rebecca called last November and asked if we wanted to go and I said sure. We tacked on a few days Paris and a walkin... Read More

Snorkel Hunter

Posted on August 12, 2012August 11, 2012 by Simon

A website that I have touted before is Bridge Hunter. It is a user developed guide to the historic and interesting bridges in the United States. Kind of a Wikipedia for bridges, it is very popular... Read More

Tour of California

Posted on June 2, 2012May 29, 2012 by Simon

I went with Lillian, Barbara and Gordon to watch the Amgen Tour of California bicycle race a few weeks ago and had a terrific time. It took all day but it was great fun to be up in the mountains at Mt... Read More

$2.1 Billion Baseball Sign

Posted on March 31, 2012April 2, 2012 by Simon

The LA Dodgers were sold for 2.1 billion dollars this week. A billion dollars more than was expected and twice what a sports franchise has ever sold for. I’m calling it the DVR premium. Fo... Read More

Super Parade Opportunity

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Simon

Most holidays have parades. People like parades. They like to be in parades. But Superbowl Sunday doesn’t have a parade even though it is close to being our countries biggest holiday. Th... Read More

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Simon Burrow

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