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Five sausages and a good story

By Matthew Dicks | January 23, 2018 | Comments Off on Five sausages and a good story

The New England Patriots defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium. It was the eighth AFC championship game that I have attended in my lifetime. Patriot fans have indeed been blessed over the last 16 years.  Prior to the game, about ten of us gathered in the parking…

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Twenty-five years spent standing in a parking lot

By Matthew Dicks | September 30, 2016 | Comments Off on Twenty-five years spent standing in a parking lot

I’ll be tailgating in the parking lot at the Patriots game on Sunday. I have seen many things in the decades I have spent tailgating at Gillette Stadium. Public intoxication. Nudity. Fist fights. Fender benders. Lobster shell distance throws. A Christmas tree labeled “Treebow” that was set afire and nearly burned several dummies to death in…

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