: About Me

I approach my life as a sustained and serious attempt to share some laughs and to make some profound contribution to the advance of human civilization in general, and the American democratic experiment in particular.

My passion is ...

killing me, slowly and wonderously!

I know too much about ...

just enough.

My parents always told me ...

I can accomplish anything if I put my mind to it.

My best moment ...

is always yet to come. Hopefully.

Sports & Recreation > Recreational & Youth All time favorite sports

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There are three kinds of softball in America today, each determined by the circumference of the ball. There is 12" softball and there is 14" softball. But the only softball worth discussing in the greater metropolitan Chicagoland area is 16" softball or "mushball." This is the game I grew up with. The game my father grew up with, too. One or two bats, a "Clincher" or three and the will to compete are all the equipment you need to play the game. While the park districts of the city of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are rich in ball fields, it was possible and popular, if not entirely p...

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