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500 Words: The Man Makes a Stand
Shots rang out in their wake, and bullets whistled a sonic symphony as they zipped by, embedding themselves in whatever interrupted their path. The man pushed his quarry forward, but captivity had sapped the elder man’s strength and senses. “You have a gun too, don’t you,” the older man asked, his question soaked in rhetorical…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Baseball Movies #3
Oh look, it’s Saturday Morning Cinema on a Sunday night, because my Saturday was filled with zero initiative and activity. It was beautiful. Despite my exercising exactly why Saturday’s exist (aka rest and relaxation), there are more baseball movies to watch, and the next recipient of the SMC treatment is The Natural. Imagine you have a,…
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500 Words: The Man’s Return
The train barreled into the station bringing with it a barrage of desert detritus. Those waiting at the stop shielded their faces with whatever filter was readily available. While the masses looked away and waited for the storm of dirt to settle, one man pushed through, his head tilted down to let the wide-brimmed hat…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Baseball Movies #2
Saturday Morning Cinema on a Sunday evening, it’s happening because I can’t believe how fast the weekdays tick by, and a post that was supposed to be written on a Wednesday finds itself landing on Monday Eve. That’s all inconsequential, however, for the content of this post. We’re here because the summer continues to burn…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Baseball Movies #1
Smell that – the grass, grills, and sunburns? That smell indicates summer is in full swing, and a full-swing summer means America’s Favorite Pastime has invaded diamonds across the country. The live game provides a season-long drama as fans’ favorite players battle across a grueling, three-act saga against gifted foes, each character striving for the…
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Weekend Wander: Minneapolis
Take note: one of my ideal weekend getaways involves watching baseball and watching people. This is the ideal “two birds with one stone scenario” as I often spend the majority of my time at a baseball park watching people rather than the professional athletic display in front of me. (Describing some of the viewed teams…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Jurassic Park
“Hold-on to yer butts.” For 9-year-old me, Jurassic Park (1993) was the greatest theater-going experience I’d ever had. Thinking about it today, I don’t know if any other movie I’ve watched in theaters has been able to top or even duplicate the rush of adrenaline and rapt wonder. There of course has to be an…
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