Destination Omaha

Etheridge: Omaha Storytime

In the middle seat on a cross country flight. A salesman to my right. A lawyer to my left. Both bored, both curious about this guy who just wiggled in between them.

“So, you been in town for the baseball?” the salesman asked.

“Oh, yeah, Omaha is a great host for the College World Series,” I replied.

“Did your team win?” the salesman continued.

“Well, I was here to write about the series. I pull for interesting stories and there were some of those.”

That piqued the lawyer’s interest.

“So who do you write for?” the lawyer asked.

“I write[…]