Patrick J. Sauer Online

See, Paris this is what happens when you try and put one over on the Sauer family.

You go to motherf@#king jail.

You think about trying to ruin the good Sauer family name and maybe we’ll forgive you.

Probably not.

After all, you damn near ruined our Cinco de Mayo.

What should have been a warm Sauer family get-together was marred by the hurtful words of the infamous Hilton clan.

Give 'em hell, Uncle Michael. 

(Pictured from left: Jose Portes, Michelle, Patrick and Daniel Sauer.)

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Awhile back I wrote a piece comparing the Magic City to the Big Apple for Dan Kennedy's dearly departed website, Really Small Talk.

Happy to say, Really Small Talk lives again. Go there and peruse with pride.

You can find out about my latest literary ideas over there, or you can read it right here. As long as you’re reading...

It's the only way the stuffed animals make a lick of sense.

The Rejection Show is an ongoing New York City event that gives creative types the chance to show off work that was deemed unworthy by major media outlets. This Phoenix Suns piece sort of qualifies, it got REJECTED! as Marv Albert would say, by an Arizona magazine for being too “touchy.”

They like their edges soft out there in the desert.

If only the Rejection Show hadn’t rejected {ignored, noticed, called, emailed, texted, smoke signaled} me, perhaps I wouldn’t feel so inadequate.

Anyhow, I’ve plucked this open letter to the Suns from the discard pile, dusted it off and present it to you, dear readers, as an NBA playoffs primer. 

It’s NCAA tourney time and that means four days of hops, hoops and hopes that Al Maguire hears our prayers.

Marquette has a tough road to the “thirsty thirty-two,” (trademark pending.)

They start off Thursday night facing the Michigan St. Spartans and first-team All-Big Ten guard Drew Neitzel.

Distinguished alum Alex Johnson knows, you want to root for Marquette.

For the love of the Society of Jesus, you want Marquette to win.