Fresh, funny, and personal – straight from the Courant staff.
John Berger
Reporter
With the past 17 weeks as a tune-up, the second season is here, the postseason. All the other games were fun, but this is serious. Win, and you advance. Lose, and you go home, your season over. The NFL playoffs are for all the marbles, and the games start this weekend with the wildcard games.
Kate Gilhool
Associate Editor
Greetings from Kate and Gogo! We survived our New Years Eve babysitting gig in Vermont and we have stories to tell…
I have summered with the families that hired us for as long as I can remember, and they are famously fun and crazy. Like convincing my Dad to turn our basement into a dance club kind of crazy. The offspring that my P.I.C. (Partner In Crime) babysat for definitely inherited their parents’ PARTAY-going ways.
Gogo Jones
Sports Editor/Bauce
Okay, so if that combination of all caps and terrible word play didn’t piss you off then I don’t know what will. Perhaps this?? Anyways, Miss Gilhool (Kate) and I landed a co-babysitting job in Vermont this past weekend, and this post is basically a highlight reel of what happened.
For those of you who know me, I’m a pretty big hater of the Northeast and would give a pinky to see palm trees instead of scraggly oaks 24/7. HOWEVER, I must say Vermont is a very scenic state and I can always dig some frosted pines and dilapidated syrup shacks.
Jack Ludtke
Reporter
In this, the last Armchair Athlete of the 2011 calendar year, our subject is the new wrestling season. The wrestling team’s 2010-2011 year was full of ups and downs to say the least. Projected in the preseason to continue their dominance from a 22-3 2009-2010 campaign, last year’s squad went 7-14 with fewer FCIAC State award recipients. However, there were some signs of hope last year, as a strong underclass combined with a surprise FCIAC bid has set them up for some high expectations for the upcoming year.
Gogo Jones
Sports Editor/ Bauce
LOVE:
1) Those classic blow horns before every hood rat rap song
2) Splashing cold water on my face after an all-American shave
3) Pillaging sample-size shampoo bottles from premium hotels
