PinnedPublished inTobben ArchivesHow To Pick North Carolina in Your 2022 BracketWhat seems like a lifetime ago, I wrote an annual column entitled “How to Pick North Carolina in Your Bracket.” It embraced the fundamental…Mar 16, 20221Mar 16, 20221
Published inThinking ThronesNew Platform for House of the Dragon ContentHBO is returning to the world of Westeros this fall and I am awakening my petrified keyboard fingers and writing about House of the Dragon.Aug 18, 2022Aug 18, 2022
Published inThinking ThronesA (Completed) Song of Fire and… more FireIt’s only natural if a flame-spewing dragon doesn’t appeal to someone who has been badly burned.Oct 6, 2021Oct 6, 2021
Old BenWith Rogue One’s box office and critical success, the floodgates for future Star Wars Anthology films are officially open. Next up is a…Aug 30, 2021Aug 30, 2021
Published inThe Hodgkin ChroniclesXXIV: 20 Things that brought me joy in 2020Ah 2020. At this point it feels cliche to observe that the past year has been challenging for everyone — but still, it has. For me the…Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020
Published inThe Hodgkin ChroniclesXXIII: PETs and petsLet’s start with good news. My PET scan this month showed no evidence of recurrent or residual disease. Eight months out from treatment…Jul 28, 2020Jul 28, 2020
Published inThe Hodgkin ChroniclesXXII: One year, fadedIn psychology there’s a phenomenon called the fading affect bias. It describes the way that the emotions tied to negative memories tend to…Jun 24, 20201Jun 24, 20201
Published inThe Hodgkin ChroniclesXXI: Hope for “Normal”In the days following my diagnosis of recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma last June, my thoughts slowly shifted from the initial “Am I going to…May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Published inTobben ArchivesDelirium Tournamens: UNC Championship EditionIt’s crazy we’ve already reached what would have been championship monday of the 2020 NCAA tournament. It would have been a strange March…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Published inTobben ArchivesDelirium Tournamens: UNC Final Four EditionUNC has made more Final Fours than any other program, having advanced to the last weekend of the NCAA tournament 20 times. Since every…Apr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020