“Turn The Lights Back On”

It's been a minute since I've posted here. I've had a number of false starts along the way, drafts that never came to a head, tales to tell before distractions pushed things aside.

We all need an outlet. I'm blessed to have a four-hour nightly show on FOX Sports Radio w/ Jason Smith where I can ponder the larger sporting world and those things I love - plenty of pop culture references, mini-monologues on daily life and making those connections in the studio and with our global audience. (Yep. I get those Tweets and notes from all over the place. It's pretty remarkable.)

While prepping for the show or our Fantasy Football podcast, I'll normally fire on on a repeat of a familiar TV show or movie. You know - those things you only have to pay half a mind to.

This morning, I finally sat back down to reboot "Knox Goes Away," a movie starring the legendary Michael Keaton. I won't go deep into it (you should watch it), but there was a line that hits at the beginning of the film.

"Even if I hated you for telling me ... I'd forget soon enough."

I've long talked about having the "memory of a cornerback." We talk about it on the show. It's something I've told my daughters in their pursuits. Mistakes and errors happen on the playing fields, classrooms, jobs and day-to-day. Learn, retain the moment and process it. Make adjustments and review long-term, but in the moment, you've got to make the next play, finish the next task and keep going.

It's much easier said than done, depending on the size and scope of the event. Internalization of those moments and feelings linger. What-Ifs? You put on the brave face (or so you think). In your mind, you go full MCU and create new timelines.

-------- Earlier this year, we had the chance to get a day trip in for a San Diego show -- Sting and Billy Joel. Song after song of classics from the early 70s and my childhood, belting out the words and getting wrapped into the emotion and feels of the space with a capacity crowd. But toward the middle of his set, Joel turned to play a recently released song that had instantly hit heavy rotation in my playlist. I sang along, one of few in the section who knew the tune, and helped folks find it on their Spotify and Apple Music apps.

"Turn The Lights Back On" - give it a spin, his first new single in years.

"And maybe you love me, maybe you don't Maybe you'll learn to, and maybe you won't You've had enough, but I won't give up On you"

Apply it as you will. It's got a greater context in the story of the tune.

But for here, remember to pause, reflect and keep going. There's a lot of great to be seen. And songs to sing.