Blind Dog in a Meat House

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“FITZPATRICK!!!” He’d call, running up and grabbing my facemask with a giant fist of hard, burly knuckles, “you’re running around like a blind dog in a meat house, son!”
Eloquent words recalled from my days prowling the defensive backfield as a free safety on the high school football practice fields. My coach would [...]

A Line in the Sand

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I recently had a conversation with a friend about blogging. She said, “I would never blog—I’m worried enough about my words coming back to haunt me through email, let alone captured for the world to see through a blog.”
I told her how I was trying to learn the ropes of blogging (though [...]