A Modest Proposal
I was talking about this the other day, and just thinking about it again in the shower: In the decade I've lived in Boston, I've considered myself both a Bostonian and a Pittsburgher. A Bostburgher? A Pittstonian?
In those same 10 years, the cities' sports teams have won nine championships: Three for the Patriots, two each for the Steelers and Red Sox, one each for the Penguins and Celtics. Plus several assorted conference and division championships even in years they didn't win it all. So clearly, I bring an aura, or good sports vibes, to my cities.
[There is no hope for the Pirates.]
Anyway, the modest proposal in the title is this: provide me with modest lodging, good food, and a reasonable stipend for spending money, and I'll move to your city and bring my sports mojo with me. Who's in?
While we're talking about local sports (of course), Laura sent me this, which had me dying:
Pittsburgh School District Leads Nation In Ability To Spell 'Roethlisberger'
Clients in Southwestern Pennsylvania appreciate, above all, a lawyer with a working knowledge of how to spell the names of the entire 2005 Super Bowl team. "Anyone can go to law school and pass a bar exam, but knowing that there is a silent 'h' after the 'w' in Cowher? Well, that takes somebody special."
And then there is this, from last Saturday. THOSE HATS! (Give it a little time to load; it's pretty long for a gif.)
In those same 10 years, the cities' sports teams have won nine championships: Three for the Patriots, two each for the Steelers and Red Sox, one each for the Penguins and Celtics. Plus several assorted conference and division championships even in years they didn't win it all. So clearly, I bring an aura, or good sports vibes, to my cities.
[There is no hope for the Pirates.]
Anyway, the modest proposal in the title is this: provide me with modest lodging, good food, and a reasonable stipend for spending money, and I'll move to your city and bring my sports mojo with me. Who's in?
While we're talking about local sports (of course), Laura sent me this, which had me dying:
Pittsburgh School District Leads Nation In Ability To Spell 'Roethlisberger'
Clients in Southwestern Pennsylvania appreciate, above all, a lawyer with a working knowledge of how to spell the names of the entire 2005 Super Bowl team. "Anyone can go to law school and pass a bar exam, but knowing that there is a silent 'h' after the 'w' in Cowher? Well, that takes somebody special."
And then there is this, from last Saturday. THOSE HATS! (Give it a little time to load; it's pretty long for a gif.)
