This article is half of a swap with John S. of Living With Balls.  John agreed to write this article for publication on The Soap Boxers and I wrote an opposing article – Why I Hate the Yankees on Living With Balls. In an ever-changing world, the Yankees are the one constant in my life.  While [...]

This is Joe’s final post from Canada Our 4th day began with an unfortunate phone call. Our excursion to go Heliskiing was postponed due to the poor visibility and low ceiling. We had our ski boots at the shop, so we headed up with our skis and skied the Blackcomb Mountain. We walked right onto [...]

Our  hero Joe checks in again. This was our most physically taxing day yet.  We got up early to catch a charter bus at the airport.  It took a lot longer to get out of the city than we had hoped for.  The bus had to stop downtown as well, and people were walking up [...]

Joe continues to bring us coverage from Vancouver. Today was Canada’s day.  I went deeper into the sea of red found out how much these people truly love their country. I was able to sleep in a little today, not having any events in the morning.  Since we are close to the Richmond Oval, we [...]

Guest reporter Joe Neumann continues his adventures in Vancouver. Vancouver Olympics – Day 1: Wow, what a day.  I woke up in the Mile High City with the weather on the verge of snow, and ended the day in comfortable Vancouver after a very full day.  Upon arriving, I could tell this city was ready for [...]

The Soap Boxers was able to send beat reporter Joe Neumann to Vancouver to cover the Olympics. Well, either that, or we found out that Joe was headed to Vancouver and asked if we could hitch our wagon to his trip.  We are happy to announce that Joe will be sending us several installments of [...]

[Editor's note: I've been bombarding you with coverage of the Rockies this year.  In an effort to bring some balance to the force,  I found a fan of the Phillies to give you his perspective of the Rockies - Phillies NLDS series.  Evan Kline is a frequent vistor to The Soap Boxers and is the [...]

This is the first in the “A day in the Life” series. The series will pop up periodically on Thursdays. Most of the articles will be shorter than this. However, I did not feel that I can edit very much out of this tale without losing value for the reader. Walrus served as an air [...]