Sean's Ramblings

It seems like less than three weeks ago when I did a recap of the Pittsburgh Pirates draft, but I'm back with thoughts about this weeke...

Bill Simmons, formerly of ESPN and Grantland, used to run entertaining mailbag columns. Since Simmons is no longer at ESPN, I thought I woul...

One of my dreams/bucket list items is to attend a no-hitter in person. In July 2001 , I saw Todd Ritchie (yes, Todd Ritchie) go 8 1/3 inning...

Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, turned 39 in March and is likely close to retirement. It's quite possible that this ...

On Friday evening, the United States faced Sweden in the Women's World Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. During the second half, Fox Sp...

Welcome to my 4th annual (if you ignore the fact that I didn't do one of these last year) recap of the Pittsburgh Pirates draft. Please ...

After working or volunteering at Celebrate Fairfax for nearly the entire festival for more than a decade, it seems odd only being there for ...

I did a little spring cleaning recently and managed to compile a complete bag full of clothes to donate. I also found dozens of clothes, par...

There hasn't been a Trivia Tuesday here in a while, and this one is unique. Your challenge is to answer these very random questions. 1...

The Celebrate Fairfax festival is only a week away. How the heck did that happen? I've written about Northern Virginia's largest fes...

My 4 year old wants me to read the same books to him night after night. He becomes obsessed with these books for weeks until he rediscovers ...

I'm not a television news producer nor do I play one on the internet (as you can tell by the poor quality video below). However, while w...

We've been members of Costco for several years now, but with our membership about to expire, I don't think we will renew. Yes. I...

Adam Levine is arguably one of the biggest stars and among the most recognizable people in the United States. He was People Magazine's ...

When I turned 13, I had a Bar Mitzvah and became a man. (In actuality, turning 13 is the age for fulfillment of the Commandments. In related...

While riding the Metro this morning (hooray for no major delays!), I'm sure that I received some curious glances since, like the woman o...

There was a movie a few years ago starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman called The Bucket List . In a bit of false advertising, this mo...

Yes, it's the extremely rare Sunday blog post. I just wanted to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all those are celebrating. To the moms ...

Once again, I thought I discovered an artist/song well before most other people. Then, I learned that the video has over 6.5 million views o...

I received a message in my Spam folder recently from someone named BadGirl28. Yes, it really was a Spam folder. Anyway, I was curious about ...