December 2011
1 post
Wheaton Final Football BCS →
June 2011
1 post
Record vs. League week 9 →
November 2010
2 posts
Kevin Love is a beast →
“It may be that faith is no more and no less a choice between the words “it may...”
– Thomas Schmidt, A Scandalous Beauty. (via thrumminginthemixture)
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
6 posts
I think I have some great news, financially, even though I still have no job and few prospects. Driving ten hours by myself out of the last 44 gave me the time to remember some important things. Of course, it didn’t help my fantasy football performance. That part of my life is still in shambles.
Chinua Achebe must have been thinking about what the fall of 2010 would look like for me when he decided on his most famous book title.
Indeed they do.
I know, I’ll go sub and save money and then move to Chicago.
Except that I won’t be able to sub, so I won’t make any money.
I know, I’ll look for other jobs in the area.
Except I decided to coach-a good decision, I still think-and that starts every weekday at four and means I’m gone every weekend, which takes out some possibilities. Oh yeah, and except that...
Record vs. League (22) →
BDL on Greg Oden →
August 2010
5 posts
Record vs. League (21) →
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Record vs. League (17) →
July 2010
7 posts
Rankings versus the league (16) →
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Record vs. League (13) →
Linda Bergthold: Your Health Insurance Will NOT Be... →
There is another email making the rounds that claims that the new health reform law requires that you pay taxes on your employer-sponsored health insurance. It’s not true. Politifact rates this email…
(via Instapaper)
11 strange things LeBron James said during 'The... →
This is excellent.
(via Instapaper)
Only In America: World Famous Ronaldo Confused... →
This just makes me think of the team America theme song.
(via Instapaper)
June 2010
4 posts
Record vs. League (12) →
Record vs. League (11) →
“The Portland Trail Blazers organization right now resembles The Wire’s...”
– Ben Golliver from Blazer’s Edge. I’m really sad about the likelihood that Pritchard will be out, and I think it’s crazy that there is so much up in the air with the team right now. But at least it gave someone the chance to use a great comparison to The Wire.
May 2010
4 posts
Rankings versus the league (7) →
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April 2010
1 post
“Wesley realized that if you wanted to bring about a fundamental change in...”
– Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point)
March 2010
1 post
More evidence that Nicolas Batum is the best →
January 2010
8 posts
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism, it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in...”
– Conan O’Brien (via lukescommonplacebook) This was my favorite part of his farewell show. Thanks for quoting it, Luke.
“So is it reasonable to believe that the Gospel passages quoted above ‘speak more...”
– Fundamentalists and the Atheists Who Love Them - Ross Douthat Blog - NYTimes.com (via ayjay)
Apparently a house just down the street from me is the actual residence of Mac’s mom. I had no idea that characters from It’s always sunny in Philadelphia could inhabit my hometown.
Reading about McCain in “Up, Simba” reminds me of his concession speach in 2008 and how un-McCain-like his entire campaign had been up until that point. I remember getting slightly emotional during his speech and thinking that I would have seriously considered voting for him had the whole campaign sounded like that speech.
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble...”
– John W. Gardner (via Sojourners)
“One of these days I want to put together an academic conference that addresses...”
– An oldie but goodie from Michael Bérubé (via ayjay)
“A variation of this attitude continues in the public schools, where there are...”
– Peggy Noonan (via ayjay)
“The brain, as it traverses middle age, gets better at recognizing the central...”
– Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com (via ayjay)
December 2009
6 posts
November 2009
3 posts
I warned people he was coming →
Episode 2...a year later →
“This does not mean that young people today are worse or shallower than young...”
– NY Times via David Congdon