At least one area football team is doing well! Alas, it's not the Bears--who didn't win so much as didn't lose on Thursday against the 0-10-1 Lions--but at least it's the Cardinals! They're back in the playoffs again, looking to defend their national title. They were supposed to play in the first round last week, but their opponent, Carnegie-Mellon ( Read more... )

After last week's emails from school, I was reminded that I hadn't heard from Avery in a while. We'd touched base back in April, but that was it. I reached out, and she admitted she'd been thinking of me, too. We decided to get together this past Monday afternoon at 3 PM and we met at the Naperville Riverwalk, since I have some familiarity with ( Read more... )

I could've posted this days ago, but as today is an anniversary, I waited so I could tie everything together into one post ( Read more... )

These past few days have been a blur. If we already lacked motivation to do anything thanks to the pandemic, the death of George Floyd and the reaction to it has made me want to hide out at home and stay away from the rest of humanity even more. (Conveniently enough, my town is under a curfew tonight, from 7 PM - 6 AM, so that won't be an issue ( Read more... )

It's been a busy week; this is the first time I've been home since Sunday, and even then, my Saturday was so long that I spent Sunday in a hungover-type state. So, yeah, let's make this week even longer than normal! But I had a reason to do so ( Read more... )

( Here are some of the online articles and tweets regarding the run-up to the D-III football championship. )

This was the big thing I was reluctant to discuss, since I'm superstitious like that ( Read more... )

The NCC Cardinals won the D-III national football championship!!! Woohoo ( Read more... )

And, finally, my home for the evening ( Read more... )

It's been a long weekend, with good parts and not-so-good parts, but there's a lot to get through so I'd better plow ahead. Apologies now in case not everything is coherent; I've slept poorly for a couple days now. Oh, that will be part of the tale ( Read more... )