Previous Columns

• World Cup: Take one - 6/18/2010

  I wouldn't say that I have World Cup fever. It's more like a World Cup scratchy throat and a mild rash.

• Bill and Me - 6/11/2010

  Bill Shakespeare and I go way back.

• When the puck drops, I may be there - 6/4/2010

  Yep. I'm that guy.

• Country rocks the Schwab in Bend - 5/28/2010

  You have to love a place that offers not one, but two summerlong music festivals within driving distance.

• Dio: The Eulogy - 5/21/2010

  "Dio has rocked for a long, long time,

• I'm voting for Starbuck - 5/14/2010

  With all due respect to Chris Dudley, I'm certain Oregonians could think of 50 other former Trailblazers they'd rather see run for governor.

• Perfecting the wiggle on the Rogue River - 5/7/2010

  It is my goal before the end of summer to kill my own dinner.

• Rockumentaries: An appreciation - 4/30/2010

  If you're like me, you love kicking back and listening to whiny musicians crying about the stresses of fame and fortune tied to rock stardom.

• A trip through Facebookland - 4/23/2010

  I've never been so popular in my life.

• The Double Downer - 4/16/2010

  The bag came soaked in grease and heavy, as if there was a loaded Glock 19 tucked in with the small order of potato wedges.

• Britt 2010 ... the good, bad and ugly - 4/9/2010

  Let's tear open this year's Britt Festival package and see what we find.

• 102 years and counting…and counting - 4/2/2010

  "Year 1." That's the motto adopted by the 2010 Chicago Cubs.

• 'Gimme another drink and I'll tell you' - 3/26/2010

  Alcoholism.

• A strategy to winning your NCAA bracket - 3/19/2010

  Every year millions of men go gaga each spring during college basketball's championship tournament.

• The Lost Boy - 3/12/2010

  Like a 2009 Toyota Prius with a stuck gas pedal charging off Lower Table Rock, Corey Haim left this world far too soon.

• Sign of the apocalypse No. 124 - 3/5/2010

  Along with cooking and remaining silent around men, the rearing of children is a virtue which (most) women should strive to achieve.

• Metal memories - 2/26/2010

  I stagger across the photo once in a while when I'm visiting home. It hangs on my grandmother's living room wall.

• Cheers and jeers and beers - 2/19/2010

  Since I have given up on originality and creativity in these pages, I will ape the Trib's opinion page feature by presenting my own "cheers and...

• Another super travesty - 2/12/2010

  Another year, another awful, terrible, insulting Super Bowl halftime show.

• Valentine's Day love mix - 2/5/2010

  The modern dude celebrates Valentine's Day for the same reason a dying man finds Jesus on his deathbed.