Basically, they pick a winner each week, then at the end of the month there’s a reader vote. In advance, I ask that nobody vote for me because they know or “know” me. I’d like to win (a bunch of free skate gear), but if someone makes a really dope ad then they should get [...]

I’m (by considerable degree) the youngest of three boys and a girl (sister & bro from my dad’s side, two bros from my mom, both sets from previous marriages, then one of me when my folks hooked up with each other on the rebound).
In 1984, my brother Michael was the victim of a hit and [...]