February 2009
Squeezing Guts with a Bad Stick →
I’ve always been a bit of an amateur linguist. I love language and learning about it’s origins, not to mention the differences and similarities across the spectrum of tongues that separate and link…
Pro Problems →
Pro sports, for the most part, have become unwatchable for a dinosaur like me. I grew up loving individual players as well as the teams that they played for. Michael in Chicago, Jerry in San…
Why I Lift →
Recently, I ran across a link to a piece written by Henry Rollins on why he lifts weights, called The Iron. It got me thinking. A big part of who I am is the physical things that I do,…
Please Explain, New York Post… →
In case you’ve been under a rock all day long, you probably know that this cartoon was featured in the New York Post today.
The conceit, apparently, was that the artist was trying…
I Don’t Feel So Good… →
Sara has been sick for going on five days and I’ve been sick for three and counting. Fever, congestion, nausea, weakness, basically everything that DayQuil says it treats, we have. But, neither…
White Noise →
I was hoping that it would go away earlier, but it didn’t. The buzz of commentators and talking heads constantly talking about every single move that President Obama makes. Not important moves,…
I’m Back! →
After five long days without the internet operational in our humble abode, we finally received our replacement modem. The last one started smoking while I was moving our modem, server, etc into…
H-O-R-S-E →
No, not that kind of horse. Silly bear…
According to a Canada’s ESPN knockoff, TSN, the NBA will be including the classic game of H-O-R-S-E in All-Star Weekend.
Awesome.
With…
Yeah? And? So? What? →
Michael Phelps, showing great form.
I’m sure that, by now, many of you have heard the news that 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has been photographed smoking pot. If you…