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The State of Northwestern Basketball Two Games into 2011-12 (0)

11/17/11 •

It seems like every Fall in recent memory, it’s been a question of whether this is the year Northwestern basketball gets into the NCAA tournament. Or at least the Men’s team. Last year, probably should have been the year. Alas, as so regularly happens, “The Dark Side” turned up last year in the form of [...]

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Do The NBA Owners and Players Really Realize They’re Playing With Fire? Strikes Don’t Always End Well In Sports (1)

10/22/11 •

To the surprise of nobody that was paying attention, the NBA remains at a negotiations impasse and we’re about to get another block of games cancelled. I just wonder if the owners and players really comprehend the size of the fire they’re playing with. The NFL managed to get its act together before any games [...]

Fear Itself: It’s Not Good When the Cross-Over is Better Than the Event (0)

10/22/11 •

I’ve finished reading Fear Itself and it’s left me in a confused state. I’m on the record as not liking Marvel’s Event Template of having a mini-series that consists mainly of battles and snapshots of what’s going on in books that are crossing over into the Event– especially when we all know a lot of [...]

I Must Be In San Francisco: That’s a Strange Place To Put On Your Pants (0)

10/19/11 •

I’ve been on a lot of trains in my day, and I’ve seen a lot of strange things on trains. Everything from the roaming 3 card monte games on the Chicago El to the (more common than you’d think) concealed vomiting on the New York subway. I saw something completely new on San Francisco’s light [...]

The Secret Origin of the Tea Party: Duke, not Koch (0)

10/10/11 •

It has come to my attention that the Koch Brothers are being given credit that due others. The Tea Party was indeed started by a pair of wealthy brothers, but it wasn’t Koch, it was Duke. Randolph and Mortimer Duke are the real founders of the Tea Party. Looks like Randolph’s going to win $1, [...]