“There are people out there who love us, and they’re coming after us,” said a blushing John Michael McConnell, CIA director. “We currently have no leads as to who exactly has targeted the U.S. for its affections, but we can be certain our admirer’s feelings are real and not going away anytime soon. I strongly [...]
November, 2007:
Micheal Lewis on the odd life of kickers
From the New York Times Magazine Field-goal kickers are still defined by the tiniest sliver of their professional career. “I made a lot of big kicks, but all anyone wants to talk about is that one,” Dempsey said. And, finally, there is still some faint resistance to the notion that a kicker could ever really [...]
Buy Something Christmas
Many friends and people I respect subscribe to the idea of a buy nothing Christmas. Christmas is too commercialized and how much stuff does the average person really need any ways. How about a different way of looking at it. Instead of filling a shoe box with a bunch of stuff and thinking we have [...]
Saskatchewan Wins the 95th Grey Cup
The Saskatchewan Roughriders just won the 95th Grey Cup by beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 23-19 in a game that should not have been that close except for the Roughriders offense sputtered quite a bit. My favorite was when Winnipeg’s coach challenged a video replay decision. Yes, he threw his challenge flag to challenge a [...]
Cleveland goes old school
I have always enjoyed the Cleveland Browns, maybe because they can never beat the Denver Broncos when it counts but I enjoy the Dawg Pound and the rabid Cleveland fans. As I flipped to watch the Browns play today, I was wondering why they stenciled their numbers with Sharpies on their helmets. A quick look [...]
Time to Bury Sarnia
This came from Joe Manafo but if Saskatchewan wins today, we pass Sarnia on the all time Grey Cup championship list. The Toronto Argonauts lead the way with 15, with the Edmonton Eskimos next in line at 13. Look wa-a-a-a-a-a-ay down and you will find four teams beside the No. “2” — Saskatchewan Roughriders, Sarnia [...]
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Maureen Dowd wonders if Hillary is really that qualified :: “At a news conference, the Illinois senator was asked about Hillary Clinton’s attack on his qualifications. Making an economic speech in Knoxville, Iowa, earlier that day, the New York senator had touted her own know-how, saying that “there is one job we can’t afford on-the-job [...]
Is 4 a.m. the new midnight?
Kyle Martin IM’d me and while we were chatting, asked me what the video was that was shown to kick of Soularize. I had no idea but after looking and looking I finally found it. So what did I find? “The slam poet/tech artist/paper sculptor Rives does eight minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into [...]
Vive Le Saskatchewan
I always thought Western separatists were an urban myth but according to this website, there is a Western Block Party which exists to separate the west from the rest of Canada. I would assume Peter Lougheed would be named our honorary head of state. I don’t know about you but My Canada includes Saskatchewan via Technorati [...]
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Saskatchewan Roughriders are headed to the Grey Cup
I moved to Saskatchewan in 1984 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders have let me down more often than not but this year has been different. A new coach in Kent Austin and the amazing play of Kerry Joseph have actually led to a year that Saskatchewan can be proud of. After their first home playoff game [...]
