Gheorghe: The Blog

And the hangovers hurt more than they used to, and they last longer, as well. So let's ease back into the workaday, gheorgeaday world,...

At 10:00 tomorrow morning, Marls and I will be in Richmond, a waystation on our journey to the sodden Outer Banks. The two of us, and Tribef...

We've talked about former William & Mary star Jimmy Moran here a handful of times over the years. Almost always, it's in the co...

I've been a bad Gheorghie of late. I've forgotten our very simple charter, to seek joy in the world and promote it. So I'm pleas...

In attempting to learn everything about all music of all time, you come across corners of the 'sphere like this one, a YouTube station s...

I'm perhaps second only to Teejay around these parts as someone averse to spending time on politics, and when I do it's pretty dumb....

You should check out "Done by the Forces of Nature" by The Jungle Brothers. Perhaps the coolest thing I ever did as social chair ...

On paper, today's World Cup Final between France and Croatia appears to favor Les Bleus. One of the youngest teams in the tournament (ti...

I've spent a fair amount of time in my hometown over the past three weeks. It's a 30 to 45 minute drive each way so the trip gives ...

I leave tomorrow morning for three kid-free days in the Virginia Piedmont. Before I do, though I couldn't pass up the opportunity to sha...

As most of you have heard, I was laid off in mid-March. It was for the best, to be honest. I hated my 60 y/o boss and her 60 y/o boss, bo...

It's pouring buckets here on the lake, and I'm going just a tiny bit stir crazy, so you're the winner, gentle reader. Just two...

I'm on a mini-walkabout, sorta trying to disconnect from the realish world with family on a lake in Ohio. And I've been trying for a...

I am, by most measures, a cautious and conventional person. I've a house in the suburbs. I drive a Camry with 215,000 miles on it. I wo...

I wrote 'Fuck civility' the other day in the wake of the shootings at The Capital Gazette . Our friend Dave Fairbank has a much more...

There's been a lot of talk lately about civility. Fuck civility. Civility got us Neil Gorsuch. Civility gets us one party steamrolling e...

My father-in-law, Mike, about whom I wrote previously , died on June 20. This was expected but sad nonetheless. Mike was very much a parti...

It's early summer, and we find ourselves equidistant from the promise that comes with the beginning of the next Tribe hoops season and t...

I came here this evening to finish a cathartic and ultimately impotent post about our current political environment. It wouldn't have do...

Back in simpler times, we used to make a big deal of the NBA Draft here in Gheorgheville. Some of our longest and most entertaining comment ...