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One of the most important lessons Barrington’s Joe Sanchez received on the road to becoming the winningest football coach in Mid-Suburban League history came from Tim Dunn. Sanchez was in his first job out of North Central College as an offensive coordinator for Barrington’s sophomore team led by Dunn. Sanchez was eager to show what he could do late in a game that was basically wrapped up against Hoffman Estates, where Dunn had also coached.

Tim Tyrrell’s story is a unique twist to the countless “what might have been” stories of athletes whose lives are altered or derailed by a devastating injury. One can wonder what would have become of Tyrrell if he didn’t hurt his knee during the first day of football practice in his senior year at Conant 45 years ago. Does he end up on the football team at Harper College - via a self-described successful stint at the old Dominick’s grocery store chain - and get installed at quarterback because Hall of Fame head coach John Eiiasik was looking to spark his offense?

I wrote Time Spent in Los Angeles (TSLA for the rest of this post) when I was in Nashville writing for the Middle Brother album. It was 2010. John had invited me to make some kind of duo album with him and I showed up with a few songs already written - Wilderness and Blood and Guts, to be specific - and I looked forward to writing a few more before we started recording.

There are so many decisions that need to be made with cabinetry. After you’ve nailed down the paint color, layout, and style—you also need to specify type of hardware, the finish and the placement. Today we’re sharing our favorite sources, finishes, and a guide for typical placements to create a timeless kitchen. Hopefully this will make it a little bit easier for you when it comes time to decide on kitchen hardware.

A few years ago, my friend Rachel started a social media feed called Tiny Kindness. As she shared: “I started it in my grief, on the approximate one-year anniversary of my brother's burial. I suddenly had a desperate need to consciously look for goodness and kindness in the world. So I put out a call on social media and asked friends to send short stories of small acts of kindness they've received that felt big to them.

Have you seen Google’s Holiday 100? Let’s learn more about what it is, how you can use it as gift-giving inspiration for this Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or holiday season, and how you can take advantage of it as an online shopping tool to get your best bang for your buck. Google's Holiday 100 list comes out every year and features 100 gift ideas. It's made by analyzing at what people are searching for from June to September 2023.

I’ve been thinking about Titania a lot recently, both for my podcast and for the research project I’m working on, which I swear I’ll do a proper post about soon (also, I realize we’ve done quite a few Midsummer characters already, but don’t you find it hard to think about any other plays in the springtime?). I’ve been considering her through a lot of different frameworks—the queer angle of the podcast, ideas about agency and consent that are guiding the research project—but here I want to think about her in terms of the things she has lost and loses during the play.

i think loving Titanic (1997) is the only ethical american patriotism. i don’t understand how you could watch a 3-hour historical romantic epic by a canadian filmmaker about a class-stratified irish-built boat sinking somewhere between london and new york without tearing up and humming “God Bless the USA” over top of the french-canadian academy award-winning best song that plays as the credits roll. that’s Hollywood, that’s America, that’s life. Titanic is about wealth, hubris, youth, boats — so was the boston tea party.

The foxy ladies will be behind the paywall this week. I’m told that’s a shrewd Internet commerce strategy. In 1983, the year before Warren Moon entered the league, there were zero black starting quarterbacks in the NFL.  Doug Williams left for the USFL in 1982. Shack Harris was a fast-fading memory. Randall Cunningham was a year away. I triple-checked the passing lists for 1983. Vince Evans, with three starts in relief of Jim McMahon for the Bears, led all black passers with 1,108 passing yards.