Spring is around the corner

Forget Punxsutawney Phil. The surest sign of spring's impending arrival is the start of spring training. Now, after a long winter, the first spring training baseball games are less than five days away! Needless to say, I am beyond excited. Since the Yankees' dominating World Series victory, I've had to sustain myself on a diet of professional basketball and the Olympics. The fare has been lean. When I find myself hoping the Nets will continue losing their losing ways and set the record for the worst season in NBA history--they might as well, lest they be awful and unmemorable--then it's time for baseball to resume.

Both publications with which I'm currently involved, The Dartmouth Apologia and Buffalo's THRiVE! are preparing to publish their newest issues. I wrote one article for the Apologia and another one for THRiVE!, as well as serving as the managing editor for the latter magazine. I enjoy working in the publishing world, especially Christian publishing, and I've been fortunate to be able to continue that work here. If you're interested in following my writing in particular or the journals in general, subscription information can be found on their respective websites (see above).

In other news, I'm looking forward to the March 12 release of the Matt Damon movie "The Green Zone." The finer points of the plot escape me, but the trailers promise gunfights, chases and explosions. I don't get to the movie theater much, but I'm going to try to see this one when it comes out. It sounds like my kind of movie.