Archive | August 3, 2012

Olympic Diary (3)—Handball and diving are not interchangeable

The party atmosphere continued last night over at the Handball House, which has been renamed the Copper Box in an attempt to not stereotype it since they want to keep using it as a venue after the games. Fair enough. But it was designed for handball, and it’s perfect—the rafters aren’t too high, and visibility […]

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'Storming the headquarters of Chase Bank' – MOC #159

by Lee Camp

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Great music of 2012: the (slightly past) halfway check-in, part 1

I always do my year-end best music list, but it’s also fun to take note of where we are at the halfway pole. Or, in this case, the 7/12 pole. So here’s some of what I’ve been digging on so far this year. The Blueflowers: Stealing the Moon – Their 2011 release was one of my […]

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Genuine political fakes vs. a rank imposter

Having prematurely considered W. a final act of sorts, we now observe new standards for political phoniness, with the remarkable occurrence that no effort by the candidate is made to hide his fake fakery. Step aside, W. and Obama, the fraudulent Mitt just rolled into town.

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Junker – Ohio Creek, Gunnison, Colorado (variations on a theme)

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