Tag: The Nate Way

Ten Years is a Long Time

Pointsincase.com is turning ten this month.  That makes me feel old.  However, just about everything makes me feel old now.  Sometimes, after I hop a fence whilst evading the powers that be, the landing shoots pains through my knees.  That never happened when I first started writing for this site more than six years ago.  What can you do?  Life is learning and loving and growing and decaying

Little Local Thing

<p>I know twelve people that have been arrested for driving under the influence within 100 feet from a bar.  That bar is Peabody's in Tampa.  It is a a DUI wet dream for police.  Don't drive there.</p><p>Please.  </p><p>Best of luck kiddos. From one drunk to another.</p>

Ray Should Know (He’s an Expert)

<strong><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/14039402/young-rays-embarrassingly-off-target-ripping-home-fans">Young Rays embarrassingly off target ripping home fans</a></strong> <p><strong>By Ray Ratto</strong></p><p><strong>Expert</strong></p>

Observations Read News

Evan Longoria <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/09/evan-longoria-david-price-and-rays-embarrassed-in-lack-of-fan-support-/1">is complaining</a> about attendance at Rays' games.  I can't really blame the guy.  I mean, if Tommy Brady can <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lead/2010/09/tom_brady_rips_fans_who_leave.html">lambast his loyal fans</a> fo

Tourists and Pelicans

The early evening air sobers me up a little as I walk across the street behind Leigh.  We must have painted quite the picture for the throng of tourists and senior citizens we passed: me in my court appearance Sunday best and her in her pre-evening evening gown.  The street is occupied by Hawaiian shirts and sandals.  I can feel sweat start to drip from my underarms as chubby pink faces all dou

Fuck You, Willy

<p>The bolded words in this post are taken from <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-pn-clinton-elections-20100918,0,5214309.story">an LA Times article</a>.  The author of this post would like to point out that he has never attended any kind of Tea Party rally, does not belong to the Tea Party, is all for gay marriage, legal immigration and loves baseball.  He's also really

Observations Like an Ungodly Burrito

<p>There are few things in life I hate more than starting an article with the phrase, "there are few things in life I hate more than..." and yet I do it anyway.  That says something about me and I don't want to know what.</p>

Need to Talk

Bartender's meaty hands swipe away my full ashtray.  After a lunch shift and a dinner shift, we are once again the only two men in the bar.  The waitresses, pretty much all Asian and definitely all pretty, seem to disappear when there are no customers.  I spy my face in the mirror, jutting out above the bottles, bored and vacant.  <p>"Quit looking at yourself, Nate.  You ain't that sexy.

The Snippets are Not at Work

<p>Danielle: There's no water.<br />Me: Anywhere?<br />Danielle: Yes, Nathan, the entire world is out of water. <br />Me: Seriously, what are you talking about?<br />Danielle: The pump for the water tower broke and there's like, three or four complexes without any water. And we're one of ‘em. <br />Me: So, where do I poop?

I Want Vinny’s Mom to Cook for Me (and Other NFL-Related Stuff)

<p>As many of you may have noticed, this summer was a pretty decent one for summer cable programming.  We had some new shows emerge (<em>Rubicon</em> and <em>Louie</em>) and we had some old shows come back (<em>Mad Men</em>, <em>Burn Notice</em>, <em>Jersey Shore</em> and <em>White Collar</em>).

Extremists Suck

Hopefully, you are blissfully unaware of the following chunk of news: There's a pastor in Gainesville, Florida promoting International Burn a Koran Day, which will not be nearly as fun as it sounds.  Before we get to the meat of this matter, I would like to point out that no one ever tries to pull this kind of crap in big cities with heavy foreign populations.  Try this shit in Detroit and you'd

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