Projects
Life and Hope Through Belief
The Journey We All Carry
We all carry something. A story. A weight. A hope. A belief that tomorrow can be better than today.
The boy in this image represents that journey — the quiet strength we walk with, even when the path is uncertain. His sack is heavy, but he carries it anyway. And everywhere he goes, he leaves behind a trail of color — hope, compassion, and belief the world hasn’t lost yet.
About The Hairy Times
The Hairy Times is my flagship publication — independent news, opinion, and commentary on the politics, money, and culture shaping these hairy times. Sharp takes, real reporting, zero fluff.
The Journey
Somewhere in the mountains, a man named Gandhirew is filing dispatches from wherever the news isn’t looking. The Journey is a different kind of storytelling — personal, reflective, and a little bit mysterious.
Sports By The Balz
Sports By The Balz brings Jim and Harry Balz’s unfiltered, opinionated take on the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and everything in between. Bold predictions, real rivalries, and sports talk that doesn’t hold back.
F.A.Q.
A few things people often ask about me and what I do.
This site is where I bring together my writing, my journalism, and the belief that’s carried me through hard seasons — a home base for everything I create, from news to sports to my own story.
I’m an independent journalist. I write and publish The Hairy Times, a news and commentary outlet, and I created Sports By The Balz, where the Balz brothers (Jim and Harry, two characters I write for) argue about the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and college sports.
The Hairy Times covers politics, money, and culture with sharp, independent commentary. Sports By The Balz is the sister sports site, where fictional twin brothers Jim and Harry Balz deliver fact-checked, unfiltered takes, bold predictions and no-holds-barred sports talk.
It’s a personal piece about carrying hope and belief even when the road is hard — the story behind why I do what I do.
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