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Skiing is a great sport, but alas, it can be very expensive. Even my rich friends often dedicate a decent amount of time to figuring out how to manage the lifestyle on some kind of budget. It’s one of those things where it sometimes really helps to get a tip or two, hence this piece. I’ve had this thing in mind for well over a year now. It’s based on conversations I’ve had with strangers on various ski lifts plus tips from my friends and classmates in the Pointer Brothers’ Ski Group . The Ski Group is an informal friend collective that I organized with my “brother” Brian, who was, in fact, my roommate throughout our firstie year at West Point. We use the group to plan ski trips, share tips and photos, etc. And now, well… here we are.  This piece is intended for young professionals just getting into the skiing lifestyle. If you found your way here, you’re probably a fellow West Pointer, and that’s great. However, it’s not a requirement or anything.  All are welcome.  If you’ve got tips,

Friends, it feels like new social media sites are popping up faster than weeds in my wife's garden. What can you do? No one's quite sure which ones are gonna stick just yet, but we're all steady joining these things for better or worse. The hope, at least for me, is that each new site will offer a way to engage a new or different audience. But every time we join one of these sites, we have to introduce ourselves all over again. That's a pain in the butt. So. This is a little explainer: Who the Hell do I think I am?

Twitter got into a thing about Bill Goldberg the other day, and it got me thinking. This was awesome at the time, but in retrospect, Diamond Dallas Page is the only guy who got a legitimately good match out of Goldberg. — Danno E. Cabeza (@DannoECabeza) June 1, 2023 So okay. After Double or Nothing , AEW head honcho Tony Khan was asked about potentially bringing Goldberd into the company for a brief run. Goldberg is a free agent, but rumor has it that his price is too high. Still, Khan noted that he’s spoken to Goldberg a few times, and that he “likes” the big man. If you’re AEW, what do YOU do with Bill Goldberg?

Let’s just acknowledge up front that no one really needs my thoughts on last night’s AEW show. For better or worse, these As For Dynamite spots aren’t exactly getting over with my particular audience. I suppose that this means you either care about Army Football and open water swimming, or you care about AEW pro-wrestling, but apparently, you absolutely cannot care about all of that stuff at the same time. Sigh. I got super-excited for this PPV. I’m a regular Dynamite viewer, but I’ve missed the last two AEW PPVs just because of family stuff, and I’ve also missed the last two Ring of Honor PPVs. So it’s been a good long while since I’ve been able to sit down and really dig into longform stuff from the Tony Khan-verse, and I’ve missed it. Moreover, there was a lot of stuff on this particular card that I thought looked cool. I got into it.

AEW’s Double Or Nothing (DoN) Pay Per View (PPV) is this evening, and folks online are talking about it. Friends, there are a LOT of pro-wrestling takes out there on the interwebs, and some of them are, well, “strange” is a polite way to put it. To the point where I sometimes question what’s wrong with me that I’m actually reading some of this nonsense. And let’s be honest: if you follow me, As For Football , or my writing career in general, my interest in AEW might seem a little off-theme from the rest of it. So maybe now is a good time to talk about why I enjoy AEW -- and pro-wrestling in general.

Well friends, I’m now fifty years old.  I’m trying not to let it get to me. Lots of my friends are already fifty, after all, and my wife is actually fifty-five. None of it means much on balance.  I shouldn’t let it bug me.

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced a new two-hour Saturday show at the Warner Brothers-Discover (WBD) upfronts yesterday called AEW Collision .  On its face, this seems like good news.