Posts tagged "death"
How Fantasy Becomes Life: Matthew Berry's "Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of *Fantasy Sports* From the Guy Who's Lived It"

How Fantasy Becomes Life: Matthew Berry’s “Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of *Fantasy Sports* From the Guy Who’s Lived It”

Imagine being late to your own wedding because you and your buddies were drawing numbers for the upcoming fantasy draft. Imagine breaking your spine and then days later drafting your team while a nurse drains your bladder with a catheter. Or my favorite … Imagine wearing a lion outfit and then being hunted with paint ball guns by 12 of your fantasy football buddies because you finished last in your league. All true stories. All detailed in Matthew Berry’s Fantasy […]

Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #26 (2011 In Review)

So, this is my final column for the year. I’ve been thinking a lot about what this year, if anything has meant and signified. Interestingly, that is a behavior only humans share. I’m absolutely certain horses in the field, monkeys in the jungle or sharks in the sea spend no time reflecting on the previous year and what it’s meant to them. Each year, like each day, passes and is over and once it’s over a new day begins. All […]

Blerd Radio Episode 5: Hot & Bothered

You can listen to or download Episode 5 here . Hot? Because it was nice and toasty inside the office when I recorded this episode, and turning on the air conditioning would have resulted in a background noise even more annoying than listening to this hour-long monologue. Bothered? Maybe not so much. I was a little annoyed, but the show turned out to be less obnoxious or rude than I intended for it to be. Some things and people just aren’t […]