Being a city dweller, I’ve never been to Sonic, the Oklahoma retro-hamburger stand that’s been doing all the national advertising of late.  I’ve heard people rant about their drinks and shakes (decidedly mixed reviews on the burgers, but people love the beverages).  Not about to commandeer a car to a trip to the suburban hinterlands [...]

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When Donnie Walsh decides it’s time to starting trading, he isn’t playing around. Today the Knicks cleared a ton of salary cap by ditching the monster Zach Randolph contract via the Los Angeles Clippers, and well as the decently compensated Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors and rookie contract holder Mardy Collins (a throw-in for [...]

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Time to check up on the Bulls who are off to a very nice start at 5-5 before leaving on a West Coast road trip from which they’ll likely return with their head atop a pike.
As usual, the story with the Bulls is their back court. Derrick Rose continues his surge in an offense increasingly designed [...]

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Quantum of Solace is the extremely disappointing follow-up to Casino Royale and serves as a stillborn transitory state as the franchise seeks to move from Royale’s reboot to something closer to the status quo of the Bond series.
This film has a ton of problems, from director to editor to recycled plot elements to a bad [...]

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We’re a couple weeks into the 2008-9 NBA season and while the early season can often be deceiving, there’s been ample time for some surprises and disappointments.
Biggest Surprise: Atlanta Hawks 5-0
Were the Hawks that solid a lock for the play-offs this year or did you have them as scrapping for the 8th seed? And that [...]

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Now that the election is over, a lot of information is leaking out about the behind-the-scenes conversations between John McCain and Sarah Palin. We understand John and Sarah had a little talk about the chronology of the jurasic period.

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You may have heard that the Chicago Bulls are one of the worst shooting teams in the NBA, but did you know the unusual fashion they’re doing it in? I’ll grant you that teams that rely on the jump shot will run cold, but in their last 4 games (and they’ve only played 5), the Bulls [...]

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Marvel recently announced a $10 million investment in digital media. If you’ve been paying attention to what positions Marvel has been hiring for the last year or two, this shouldn’t have come as a surprise to you. Since you probably weren’t paying attention to this, I’ve done a quick flip through LinkedIn and identified 12 [...]

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As John McCain lost the presidential election, you have gotten a sense of deja vu. McCain’s quest for the White House bore some eerie similarities to Dole’s crashing and burning in the 1996 election.
Before running for President, Dole and McCain have some similarities. Dole was wounded in World War II and his right arm was paralyzed. McCain was [...]

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Barak won, but he was playing basketball on the West Side of Chicago before the polls closed.  Hmmm… the Bulls play on the West Side.  Must be time to look at the Bulls after their first week of action. 
The 2008-09 edition of the Chicago Bulls sure is a strange group coming out of the gate. Blame it on pre-season injuries (likely). Blame [...]

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