Somehow my email address ends up on all sorts of “SEND ME PRESS RELEASES” list. Most of the press releases are stupid and poorly targeted, so I click the “Mark as Spam” button. Sometimes, though, a gem slips through. Like this one: Paul Hurley, A local Irish bar and tavern owner in Manhattan [...]
Anyone who was raised by my mother learned a lot of lessons, whether they knew it or not, about quiet strength. My siblings and I handle things in vastly different ways, but it is impossible to deny that we all picked up a good bit of Mom’s durability and resolve along the way. Four years ago [...]
So, for those of you who stalk me are friends with me on Facebook, you might have already come to hear about the biggest news in the World of Pete this week. Specifically: I was fired on Monday. No, it wasn’t economy related (I don’t think), and I really had no idea it was coming. [...]
I realize this is old news for many of you, but I thought it was worth mentioning that Amanda and I have decided that she’s far too attractive to be dating me. I kid, I kid. She decided. Okay, fine. Our break-up was a totally mutual thing and didn’t have anything to do with the fact that [...]
I’m still no Doug Hass, but my ever so subtle hint back in May that I might be a part of the book that the guys at Roll ‘Bama Roll were putting together is one step closer to reality. Maple Street Press has finally added Yea Alabama 2008 to their website and, if their article listing [...]
From my first job bussing tables when I was sixteen, throughout undergrad, and through two and a half years of law school I had a fairly remarkable record: I never interviewed for a position that I wasn’t offered. That streak ended quite unceremoniously today when I got an email informing me that I had [...]
I cannot overstate the number of people that have asked me about this year’s beer pong tourney1. Until today, I had maintained that I didn’t really have the space to do it. I now realize that I was mistaken. I have all of the space required, I just need some warmer weather. So come March or [...]
Wow. For weeks, literally, we’ve listened to people who have been whining about how Hawaii should’ve been in the championship game. “Hawaii’s undefeated”, they’d exclaim! “LSU has two losses”, they’d say in such a tone as to imply that maybe we hadn’t yet realized that two is greater than zero. “Who cares if their schedule is [...]
In Tuscaloosa and around the college football world, fans cheer in unison. Taunting cheers, kick-off cheers, fight songs… all of it. The crowd does it together. It’s impressive if you’re standing down on the field. Never in my life, though, have I heard fans SO in-sync that they could sound like a skipping CD! [...]
Last week Deer Park finally closed out my account and sent me the statement of fees and things. I’m not at all surprised that they are doing everything they can to try to screw me over. They’re asking for almost $3,000 in “repairs”, well over half of it is for “Carpet Replacement”… oh, you mean [...]