"How the hell are we supposed to create a walking hurricane?!" The room falls silent. A conundrum the University of Miami had not foreseen when the football program adopted the nickname in 1926. Following a particularly nasty storm that struck South Florida that year, the moniker...
You would think I would have traveled the world by now. I’ve been to some obscure places from location to location. I’ve never had a stable home, one that I can stay a while. People see me and use me. They use me and leave...
The Fight for Pink Back in the fifties, my boyfriend (at the time) was in charge of coming up with a mascot for M&M’s. Early ads from those days featured two anthropomorphic M&M’s (one peanut and one plain) driving into a pool of chocolate. But, I...
Naggin’ the Dragon The town of Monfrere, Alabama was never notable for very much. Its small public schools rarely made a splash in athletics. Its residents never made the news and very little crime ever occurred to be reported. On top of that, it was the...
Sealand Many years ago a man named Pepe was the lighthouse keeper of San Sebastián in the north of Spain. He had lived there with his family right up until his death. For 30 years he lived in the house that reigned over...
Tony the Tiger was found on the doorsteps of the orphanage when he was just a cub. The whereabouts of his parents are unknown, although most suspect they were teenage parents who fell victim to the flawed sex education system that ignored responsible sex education,...
Ño! Cuidado con la panther! Libraries are often depicted as buildings of silence and secrets help within their bookshelves. People aren’t fond of them because they seem to restrain rather than inspire. But this library was different. It was different because people were able to exchange...
Miles looked across the field at all of his friends. It was a beautiful Sunday and he so wanted to frolic and play along. He watched as Trevor and Von ran zig zag laps and marveled at Aqib’s speed and agility. What good was being...