30 For 30

I recently turned 30. You say to yourself that the first day of being 30 is no different than the last day of being 29, and that's pretty much true. You tell yourself that you're not going to have some big introspective moment where you look back on your life and wonder where you are, but you wind up doing it. When the odometer rolls over from 2 to 3, you can't help but reflect.

Last year ESPN turned 30 and to celebrate that they have an ongoing series of documentaries of sports stories that have happened since ESPN started. Called 30 For 30, ESPN of course did more than 30, because they can't help themselves. They are usually pretty good, in part because they're done by people who don't work for ESPN. I thought the basic premise would be a good idea for a general theme to this blog, so here it is. 30 things of sentimental value or importance to me, whatever they may be: music, books, movies, places, events, whatever they may be.  I hope you like it.

Oh, and when I tell stories I promise I'll try to have better nicknames for people.