February 2010
3 posts
Topics for Essay 2
I have only been living in Pittsburgh for about a year, so it’s a little difficult to think of palces that can be unique. Right away you have to eliminate Heinz field, PNC Park, and Mellon Arena. If you live in Pittsburgh or anywhere nearby, those places have become second nature to you. I don’t believe I can come up with a different angle on these places to give people...
Super Sunday
I wait all year for football season to make its way around the calender. Usually around the last week of july the anticipation begins to set in and my excitement grows. The first home game has finally arrived. It’s a 1:00 game today but at 9:00 we are ready to roll. I have the much needed layers of clothing on and the case of beer is happily sitting on ice. My good friend Chris...
Reflections of Pittsburgh
From the time I was a little kid, until the day I moved to Pittsburgh, there was always a fascination with the city. I definitely grew up a sports fan for the teams in Pittsburgh. I rememeber being about five or six years old and seeing the steelers for the first time on television. My father would tell me back then that I would grow up to love the steelers. And he was right. I...
January 2010
1 post
Drunken Stupidty
I will never understand why people these days keep pushing the envelope and playing with fire, continuing to drink and drive. A couple of weeks ago, a busdriver from one of the inner city schools was arrested because he was driving a bus full of kids around drunk. I don’t recall seeing what his blood-alcohol level was, but none the less the jackass was drunk. You have to be a...