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Keaton In honor of Halloween, I’ve taken the blog to the land of brown and orange. (Or, reddish orange… I tried) In honor of my incredibly awesome nephew and Halloween, I’ve posted a photo of him as the Sith Lord himself, ‘Darth Keaton.’ In honor of my brand new niece and her birth...

The site of our fate - yet to be determined. Hopefully this guy is on the board and votes "Beach." What I’ve learned in the last 72 hours: • David Schreff was willing to answer my phone    call. • USA Volleyball has an annual budget between 12     million and 13 million dollars. • There...

You'd certainly never know the majority of those Gold Medals were won on the beach, would you? What were my exact words? I’m trying to recall. Was it… “There is a serious disconnect between the beach game and the indoor game and I’m not sure where it stems from or how to fix it? At all...

Quick explanation as to what’s going on at hansstolfus.com. First off, in honor of my wife’s Starbucks ad to the right – yes, that’s what could be described as an advertisement, even though it merely links to a Twitter page I developed for her and generates zero revenue – I decided to...

My office will have a view of the city, and my suits will be grey or midnight blue, depending on my mood... 10 days on the road and two tournaments completed equals a lot to talk about on the blog. But it’s going to have to wait a moment, Sunday brunch calls with the wife. Which, I would be an absolute...

I know this is pretty much just the “500 Days of Summer” Soundtrack, or, at least, my favorite tracks from the film, but if I didn’t pass them along, I would almost feel guilty. And can I just say; please, please, please find an artsy theatre nearby your home and see it… It’s what the movies...

In honor of AVP Fantasy volleyball, I wrote this on March 25. Oddly enough, I never got around to posting it. The 25th is my Mother’s birthday and parent’s anniversary, so perhaps I got sidetracked while talking with them and forgot I wrote this as a Google Doc in an attempt to accomplish...

Peach Cobbler for two please... This is going to be the swiftest two-tournament recap in history. Don’t kid yourself, I can do it. I just haven’t done it before… Huntington Beach – Terrible. Not the tournament. Our play on the sand. We were God awful. And then we somehow managed to top it off...

I wrote a short column before Huntington Beach regarding attendance at locations other than iconic beaches in Southern California — Since then it has become quite clear to me, especially in the last three days, that our beach culture is strong and well and needs no pushing or prodding by...