The relatively modern German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer observed that boredom is one of two enemies of human happiness. But maybe Schopenhauer was wrong. Maybe boring consistency, maybe shameless monotony, maybe doing what you know to be true, and right is fun if it makes you a winner. It was just another Tuesday when it happened. The whole town heard the primal shriek uncle Jimmy let out when his plow hit paydirt. Those siestas he skipped, the mezes he had missed and

The ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle said "falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen."  Cousin Jimmy had it all; a trusty Lada Niva 4x4, 67 stremmata   of south facing Kalamata olive orchards he inherited from Pappou, and the flowing locks of an Adonis that caught the eye of many damsels, both young and old.  All this until the summer of ‘78. The meltemi winds were rampant when an errant cigarette butt—or a jealous neighbor, we may n

This is the true story of one of the biggest gaffs in Chargers history; the night that the stadium MC played the rock anthem of the visiting team. The NFL left Los Angeles in 1995 and did not return until 2016 when the Saint Louis Rams became the Los Angeles Rams once again. Born in 1936, the Cleveland Rams played for a decade in Ohio before owner Dan Reeves moved the franchise to Los Angeles in 1946. If you think about it, teams have been either moving west to LA, or threate

Photo art by Chris Sorrell When cousin Georgia got her fingers caught in the barn door and they had to be amputated it was the last incident in the year from hell. Her boyfriend, Mitso, dumped her after falling in love with her best friend. Her parents separated, the family home went under foreclosure, and she failed geometry. But Georgia didn’t let her circumstances get her down. She stayed strong, overcame the loss of her fingers, and became festival queen at the town’s pa