October 2008
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College Football Picks: Week 10 →
A bit of a down weekend, as far as breadth of good games goes this weekend. Not a lot of top matchups like we’ve grown used to over the last couple of weeks. But, we are getting down to…
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Obama: A Declaration of Adulthood →
Most marathon runners will tell you that, around mile 22 or 23, they hit a wall. They reach that point where they simply want to stop, both physically and mentally. It’s an overwhelming feeling…
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Week Nine Picks: Aftermath →
Notre Dame’s Armando Allen hits the hole against Washington
The season just seems to be getting better and better as it rolls on. Big-time matchups are more frequent and much of the…
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College Football Picks - Week Nine →
No time for sweet talk, let’s get to the picks!
No. 8 Texas Tech at No. 23 Kansas
Mike Leach and his Red Raiders fly through the air with the greatest of ease, but like to think…
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Hey, Where’ve I Been? →
Working, that’s what. That’s right, I’m back in the workforce! Be afraid, be very afraid.
Actually, I’m still just temping at Nike, working with the same dept. that I was with during my last two…
Who Ordered the Terry Tate-sized bag of Awesome? →
How’s that for “Drill, baby, drill?”
Terry Tate don’t take no shit, people: www.ReturnofTerryTate.com
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Week Eight Picks: Aftermath →
Okay…so I messed up this week on my picks. It was ugly. It was brutal. It was fundamentally stupid. In all fairness, I was distracted. When I made my picks, I was in the middle of planning a…
Ayers Still in the Air →
Despite clearly stating in the third Presidential debate last night that he “didn’t care about some washed-up domestic terrorist from 40 years ago,” John McCain certainly seems to want a…
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College Football Picks - Week Eight →
I’m getting this one in right under the gun, by no fault than that of my own. Procrastination is a dangerous mistress…
We have a full slate of tough conference games this weekend, with…
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I’m Tired… →
Aww, fuck it…
That’s right, tired. I’m tired not only of Sarah Palin and her silly-ass fake accent and aw-shucks shtick, I’m tired of John McCain and his Abe Simpson routine and yes,…
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Week Seven Picks: Aftermath →
So, that happened. Just when I thought that conference play would even out the upset-filled weeks that we had been through recently, I get shocked awake with a bucket full of icewater. Yesterday…
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College Football Picks - Week Seven →
Conference play started in earnest last week, with a bevy of Big Ten games and SEC matchups to behold. This week, it continues, but with a more Big 12 slant. We have matchups between #1…
The Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School →
Playing the part of musical trendsetter is a tricky business. Sure, you could become the next White Stripes, but you could just as easily become the next Detroit Cobras or Dirtbombs or…
Paging Dr. Nick →
For fans of The Simpsons, Dr. Nick Riviera is usually a favorite. He is just one of many one-note characters that, over the years, we have grown used to seeing pop up in the most odd and…
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Week Six Picks: Aftermath →
While the college football landscape yesterday wasn’t changed with broad brush strokes like it had been in the last couple weeks, there was still new dabbles of paint here and there, marking…
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Hey Buddy, Fuck You… →
Try to ignore the fact that Sarah Palin’s jacket is turned up to 11 and notice what her small daughter (I’m assuming, Piper) is doing with her middle finger. That’s not parenting that we…
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Old Man Morning →
I feel like my father this morning. Maybe it’s because I brewed some coffee, made some toast and I’m listening to the news on the radio. Either way, I feel older than I have any right to. I…
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College Football Picks: Week Six →
After a unforeseen two-week hiatus, I’m back with another round of picks for the upcoming weekend in the world of college football. In between a two week temp position at Nike and some…