by Sam Stortz | Oct 25, 2025 | General |
It’s 5:52am on Saturday morning. I’m sitting on a recliner with Harrison because he won’t sleep lying down in his crib at the moment. The last four hours (and really two weeks) have been a revolving door of him waking up, one of us holding him for 10-15 minutes until...
by Tom Stortz | Oct 17, 2025 | General |
I rarely post my gambling wins because my losses outweigh any reason to celebrate wins. However, once in a while I hit a game on the nose and last night it was the Bengals – Steelers game. Last week I told Evan it’s criminal JaMarr Chase anytime TD is...
by Tom Stortz | Oct 16, 2025 | General |
I read the Wall Street Journal every day. I used to read the physical paper – the fold, the ink, the routine – but now I just ctrl-click every article and read them on my screen. I miss the nostalgia of paper, but it didn’t take long to adjust to typing a...
by Tom Stortz | Oct 11, 2025 | General |
Adam texted me, “Holy fuck, Sailor Song is sung by a chick!” I already knew Gigi Perez was a woman, so I confirmed his revelation. That doesn’t make me a music expert, but I’d hold my own on most music trivia teams. I grew up in the ’90s, so I’ve got the grunge scene...
by Tom Stortz | Oct 7, 2025 | General |
My life has calmed down. I’ve gotten all the travel out of the way for September and I’m into an October of relaxation. Don’t invite me to your kid’s bday party, your wedding, your funeral, pumpkin carving, a haunted hay ride, or any bullshit...
by Sam Stortz | Oct 6, 2025 | General |
No one ever asks me about this blog anymore. Splittingtens may be down to single digit readers and once they die off, we’re toast. Dealer 6. Split. 12. Stand. 12. Stand. Dealer flips a 10. BUST! Five. 21. Bankrupt, seeyuhlater. But when this album came out three...
by Sam Stortz | Oct 4, 2025 | General |
As we get older, free time becomes more scarce. Gone are the days of the random meet up while being out-and-about, as we simply don’t have much out-and-about time, period. We see close friends every month or two, and friends in other cities 1-2 times a year....
by Tom Stortz | Sep 25, 2025 | General |
I get it – fans want more, more, more. But here’s the truth: no computer, no content. This past week I hit Madrid, Ibiza, and Munich for Oktoberfest. Eight days. Tapas tours, 6am night clubs, Romanian strippers. Think EuroTrip’s Cooper with the code word...
by Sam Stortz | Sep 21, 2025 | General |
This Thursday Meghan and I made the impossible decision to put Covy down. He hadn’t been himself since June and after multiple inconclusive vet exams, it was clear his condition was getting worse. On Tuesday I checked on him in our basement, that’s when it...
by Sam Stortz | Sep 14, 2025 | General |
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed this week. I knew that he was a conservative activist and I thought of him as a click-baity social media personality but never consumed his content. We had very little in common as far as our political beliefs. I was genuinely sad when...
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