Archive | May 12, 2011

GOP Madness 2012: the Niedermeyer and Cruella de Ville brackets

I wish the Republicans would slow down. It’s no fun being prescient when you’re proved right as soon as you hit the “publish post” button. In this case, in earlier editions of GOP Madness, I suggested Pawlenty would have some trouble getting away from previous positions of his, and sure enough I saw him on […]

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The nude that broke my heart: 30-Day Song Challenge, the Sequel, day 11 – a song you love from the '90s

For a long time – basically, from the British Invasion through the end of the ’80s – there was a great deal of shared history between the rock of America and the UK. What was happening on one side of the pond made its way in short order to the other side, and this was […]

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What's black and white and a complete loser? (Donovan McNabb's critics need to STFU – and yes, I'm looking at you, Bernard Hopkins)

Donovan McNabb must have been a serial killer in a past life. If you’re him, you’d probably think the ins and outs and ups and downs of plying one of the hardest positions on all of professional sports would be challenge enough. Every time you take a snap several members of the opposing defense are […]

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Still wandering

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S&R Fiction: An Evening With My Mother, by Mark Sumioka

When I got to my mother’s house the first thing I did was give her the once-over.  Old age was upon her.  Her face was gaunt with waxy wrinkles, and sunspots along her cheeks.  Her gray hair was coarse with only a small semblance of the wonderful brown hair she used to boast.  Her nightgown […]

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