Tommy Tomlinson

A ticker in every pot

(Just in case you haven’t seen the ticker… watch the bottom of the screen.) After tonight’s presidential debate it is more clear to me than ever what Americans really need,

The joy in the pain in the game

Soundtrack to this post: Years ago, I was in the stands at a Georgia game with my friend Bill. Georgia did something stupid on the field. (This was during the

The Sawx and baseball bigamy

When I was 11 I became a baseball two-timer. Growing up in Georgia I was by default an Atlanta Braves fan, the key syllable in there being “fault.” The Braves

Dawgs on top

It was pure luck that I happened to be in Athens, Georgia, on Nov. 8, 1980. I was on the debate team in high school and there happened to

FOMO

(Two things: 1. Image lifted from fomo.com, fine purveyor of spray foam insulation products; 2. No, that’s not me in the photo. My haircut was even worse back then.) On

Our old dog

It’s not fair to write about a dying dog. Just those last two words are enough. Automatic tears. So I understand if you stop here. But I need to

Marshall Crenshaw, The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC, 9/25/10

Marshall Crenshaw writes top-10 hits for a radio station that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s the station with loud guitars but sweet melodies, complex chords but sing-along hooks, performed by singer-songwriters

The power of helplessness

The writer Catherine Marshall, via Dean Smith’s memoir, “A Coach’s Life“: Crisis brings us face to face with our inadequacy, and our inadequacy in turn leads us to the inexhaustible

Snow day

We woke up this morning to about 6 inches of snow on the ground and more coming down. This was on top of all the unmelted snow that hardened into

The forgetting machine

There were maybe a dozen people in the stands when we got to the arena for the Harvard-Brown basketball game Saturday night. Ivy League ball is not exactly UNC-Duke. By

The work no one ever sees

There’s an interview with Rhea Seehorn, the actress who plays Kim Wexler on “Better Call Saul,” that has stuck in my mind ever since I read it a few months

Friends doing great work

I’m lucky to have some really creative friends who are putting some amazing stuff out there in the world. I wanted to let you know about three things that you

Short Stories

Short Stories

A ticker in every pot

The joy in the pain in the game

The Sawx and baseball bigamy

Dawgs on top

FOMO

Our old dog

Marshall Crenshaw, The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC, 9/25/10

The power of helplessness

Snow day

The forgetting machine

The work no one ever sees

Friends doing great work