It's June, but winter is coming folks. And it is not what you think.Let me first start by saying this to you Game of Thrones fans: I have never once watched the show. I have never seen any of the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter movies either. I simply cannot muster the energy to tap into my inner nerd for long enough to get into any of them. I have no interest. Don't worry though -- I still like you. I just personally don't get the fascination. I surmised I might get a few of you Thronies out there to open this newsletter with that subject line though. I guess that gives me the same cheap thrill that my 16 year old son feels when he gets "likes" on the countless daily pensive selfies he posts on Instagram. I thank you for that.No, my reference to winter coming is completely opposite: for fans of professional sports like me, we are rapidly approaching the "wintertime" of the year. Both the NBA playoffs and Stanley Cup playoffs will be over by this time next week. Baseball season does not get remotely exciting (let alone watchable for me) until after Labor Day. No matter hard the NFL tries, there is really nothing to see until mid to late August. And if you attempt to expand your horizons globally, you realize that the British Premier League is over, and we don't even have an Olympics or World Cup this year. Okay, we do have tennis and golf, but please. Most people put those on the TV when they want to take a nap on the couch. It's like when you were a kid and you asked your mom for ice cream and she told you she only had strawberry flavor. Sure, you begrudgingly took it (hey, ice cream is ice cream, right?), but you really wanted chocolate and would have probably settled for vanilla. So Thronies contingent of Friends of Dave, while you are celebrating the spring of your nerdom, please remember that winter will truly be upon your sports loving friends. Show some compassion and throw some love our way. Just don't try to explain the whole deal about Hodor getting his name or anything like that. We simply don't care and will likely tune you out to search for stories about future President Tim Tebow playing minor league baseball instead. That's just how cold the winter gets.Enjoy the newsletter this week. Good cross section of stuff I picked with you in mind. Have a great weekend.XOXODave
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Friends of Dave #24: Winter Is Coming...
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It's June, but winter is coming folks. And it is not what you think.Let me first start by saying this to you Game of Thrones fans: I have never once watched the show. I have never seen any of the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter movies either. I simply cannot muster the energy to tap into my inner nerd for long enough to get into any of them. I have no interest. Don't worry though -- I still like you. I just personally don't get the fascination. I surmised I might get a few of you Thronies out there to open this newsletter with that subject line though. I guess that gives me the same cheap thrill that my 16 year old son feels when he gets "likes" on the countless daily pensive selfies he posts on Instagram. I thank you for that.No, my reference to winter coming is completely opposite: for fans of professional sports like me, we are rapidly approaching the "wintertime" of the year. Both the NBA playoffs and Stanley Cup playoffs will be over by this time next week. Baseball season does not get remotely exciting (let alone watchable for me) until after Labor Day. No matter hard the NFL tries, there is really nothing to see until mid to late August. And if you attempt to expand your horizons globally, you realize that the British Premier League is over, and we don't even have an Olympics or World Cup this year. Okay, we do have tennis and golf, but please. Most people put those on the TV when they want to take a nap on the couch. It's like when you were a kid and you asked your mom for ice cream and she told you she only had strawberry flavor. Sure, you begrudgingly took it (hey, ice cream is ice cream, right?), but you really wanted chocolate and would have probably settled for vanilla. So Thronies contingent of Friends of Dave, while you are celebrating the spring of your nerdom, please remember that winter will truly be upon your sports loving friends. Show some compassion and throw some love our way. Just don't try to explain the whole deal about Hodor getting his name or anything like that. We simply don't care and will likely tune you out to search for stories about future President Tim Tebow playing minor league baseball instead. That's just how cold the winter gets.Enjoy the newsletter this week. Good cross section of stuff I picked with you in mind. Have a great weekend.XOXODave