Alan Webber, Author at Webbers Whipping Post - Page 16 of 36

THE DARK SIDE OF PINK

It’s a rainy Monday morning, and I’ve got my personal collection of Pink Floyd queued up on Spotify. The weather is the perfect backdrop for their music—moody, layered, a little otherworldly. Today, inspired by…

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NONE

The title of this article is actually toward the bottom. I want Alan to remember this come February when the Green Bay Packers are sitting on their couches watching the Chicago Bears in the…

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THE ICE BOWL GAME AND MY DAD

My mother passed away last month at the age of 85. After the services, my two brothers and I sat around her kitchen table in DeKalb, Illinois, sipping bourbon and talking about her and…

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THE LOUDEST GRIEF IN TOWN

In the spring of 1978, my little sister, Tami, was killed in a car accident in which she was the passenger. She was sixteen, a beautiful, outgoing teenager returning home from her first day…

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WELCOME TO CLUB 27

I plunged the needle into my vein, surprised how easy it was considering that:a) I hate needles, andb) I was shaking like a train going through the building. But then came the warmth…

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