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About Me

I live in Virginia, after lengthy stops in Wichita, KS, Lawrence, KS, and Denver, CO. I have a wife named Molly and a son named Jackson. They are the best.I think I used to be cool, but I cannot find anyone who will independently confirm this, which doesn't seem to be a good sign. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to matter any more, if it ever did. I made this layout with help from pYzam , Look at these other Layouts!

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I write. You can read my sports wisdomology at The Extrapolater

My Interests

I write. You can read my sports wisdomology at The Extrapolater . I also host a home for fight songs, traditions, and other college fun at College Rule Notebook

I'd like to meet:

John Coltrane; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Bill Hicks and several other very worthy dead people.

Music:

John Coltrane, Tom Waits, Drive By Truckers, Tom McRae, Paul Simon, Townes Van Zandt, Dexter Gordon, Bjork, Elvis Costello. "Straight up East Coast Thug Hip-Hop.... and Britpop", Cordero, Iron & Wine, Rilo Kiley, Turin Brakes, Uncle Tupelo, The Pixies, Bill Frisell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Old 97s

Movies:

Broadcast News, The Constant Gardener, 'Round Midnight, Almost Famous, Anatomy of a Murder, Before Sunrise, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Central Station, Creator, Dazed & Confused, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Grosse Pointe Blank, A River Runs Through It, WHALE RIDER, Witness

Television:

Lost; Homicide: Life On The Street; Firefly; China Beach; Band of Brothers; Veronica Mars; Freaks & Geeks; Undeclared; House; Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!

Books:

JRR Tolkien, Stephen R. Donaldson, Ann McMillan, Patrick O'Brian, Cormac McCarthy, George RR Martin, Earnest Hemingway, Larry McMurtry, Douglas Adams and I just feel like I'm leaving out so many more.

Heroes:

See above list of dead people I'd like to meet and extrapolate from there.

My Blog

Fractured Fairy Tales

This morning my son gift-wrapped another caldecott medal winning children's book idea for me. His new notion:The Story of the Four Little Pigs and the Same Number of WolfsHe's learned his lesson...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:39:00 PST

Vote for me, or I will Lose this Trumped-Up Contest

You have probably not heard about this, but I have been talked into submitting a photo and writing sample to a blogging competition on a site run by female sports bloggers. I was matched up in ...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:28:00 PST

People's Republic of My House

OK. You've heard me talk about how my kid is a subversive genius. But this takes the cake. I came home from a Blues concert tonight, admittedly kind of drunk. But when I went t...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PST

The International Flautist Hall of Fame

Ladies & Gentlemen, I invite you today to join me for the inaugural class of the Flautist Hall of Fame. I wouldn't exactly say that we have a physical location picked out for the actual build...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:08:00 PST

Today, We are all Hokies

In the course of athletic competition, we hear a lot about rivalry. "These two schools hate each other". "There's certainly no love lost in this game!", "This is a war!!", etc. Stud...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:11:00 PST

The value of High School Reunions

I just had a great email conversation with my friend Cynthia. We both went to Lawrence High School, graduating one year apart, and for the life of us neither can remember meeting the other at th...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:07:00 PST

I done wrote about the NBA

My piece for the Chicago Sports Review has finally posted. In it, I look at the Bulls team that immediately followed Michael Jordan's second retirement.Worse Than Their Record?Seriously, without...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:53:00 PST

Stephen King Got Nuthin' on My Son

We had a family conversation in the car last night that was confusing and downright creepy. My son started in on breathless chatterbox #334 of the evening, when suddenly everyone perked up and started...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:15:00 PST

I'm a delinquent

I've not written here for a while, I know this. I even feel bad about it sometimes. But somewhere in the back of my mind is growing this dream that was deferred for so many years. I ...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:33:00 PST

Cornball Daddy Stuff

Over the weekend Jack and I decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Pittsburgh to see Uncle Marc. He had just moved there from Illinois, so we were excited about the chance to drive out and...
Posted by Eric Aunt Jemima on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:47:00 PST