Author Archives: Scott Smith
I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back
Just Passing Through I first arrived in Chicago in late summer of 1992. I intended to only stay about two weeks before returning to the East Coast. As I neared the end of that two-week period, the temperatures had cooled … Continue reading
Posted in Invisible Fist, Publishing, Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago, Cubs, Hooky, Math, Publishing, Wrigley
Comments Off on I Don’t Care If I Never Get Back
Performance Review
A few months into my job at a Chicago ad agency. A Drexel University student started his second internship in my department. This position had been arranged months before I started my job, thus I was not involved in the hiring … Continue reading
Naming Rights
Heads or Tails? My favorite sports memory was a coin toss. This is likely quite rare, among fans, and even non-fans. I may be even be alone in this. I haven’t watched football for many years, my reasons for shunning … Continue reading
The Happiest Emergency Field Hospital on Earth
I am a recovering Florida Man. I haven’t lived there in decades, and after I lost my parents I haven’t had much motivation to go back there, even for brief vacations, during Michigan’s face-cutting cold. I do know a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Disney, Pandemic
Comments Off on The Happiest Emergency Field Hospital on Earth