BREAKING: Joseph “Sepp” Blatter re-elected president of FIFA Crime Family
Film at 11.
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US and Swiss officials bust FIFA: what does it all mean?
Today’s arrests are just the beginning. Is it the end of FIFA as we know it? I read the news today. Oh boy. FIFA officials arrested, face U.S. extradition Criminal case opened on World Cup bids It’s early and I’m still processing the stories, trying to a) understand the scope of the actions against the congenitally corrupt leadership of football’s
Read moreHow can we best honor our fallen heroes on Memorial Day?
Honoring those who died in service doesn’t mean forgiving those who put them in harm’s way. Today America honors its war dead, those who gave their lives in the service of freedom – not only ours, but in many cases they died to save innocent people in far-flung corners of the globe. This isn’t idle rhetoric, either. Ponder what the
Read moreVote for Sam in the Doors Open Denver Photo Contest! Or don’t. But vote for somebody.
I always sort of hate it when people ping me and ask that I vote for them in contests they have entered. I usually do, but inside I’m thinking hey, what if I don’t think you’re the best? I love and support my friends, of course, but when it’s time for me to enter something, I’m self-conscious about saying “go
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Social media usability: Facebook, Flickr and WordPress can blow me
Fucking bastards, every goddamned one of them. Starting a few days ago Facebook seems to have “improved” the site again. All of a sudden, when you paste the URL of an image post from a WordPress site into the status box it doesn’t want to auto-load the image. Not only that, there is no way in hell, that I can
Read moreRain songs: Saturday Video Roundup
I hope you’re enjoying a gorgeous spring day wherever you are, but i’s been raining here in the 5280 for a week now, and the weather report promises more for the weekend, except for the period when the rain stops and the snow starts. But we need the moisture. And some music to celebrate it. Let’s start with the definitive
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Mayweather/Pacquiao review: three things to know
Welcome to the Fall of Rome. 1: Mayweather won a unanimous decision. Just like everyone who has been paying at least a little attention knew he would. Yawn. 2: I keep hearing people calling this the “fight of the century.” And by people, I mean beefwitted sports talk assclowns. Listen, douchenozzles, nothing involving two guys ten years past their primes who
Read moreRIP Ben E. King
Good night, Ben.
Read moreTomorrow is First Friday: get out and support the arts
According to Wikipedia: Some cities hold Gallery hops and “art walks,” in which a number of the town’s art galleries or artists’ studios will open their doors into Friday evening.
Read moreBernie Sanders is running! Now, let’s get him a theme song
Paging Matthew Grimm. Bernie is in. And I’m in for Bernie. One of the first things I thought was that the campaign needs a song. Maybe two. It needs an artist, one of us. There are many candidates. Jason Isbell comes to mind. So does Jeffrey Dean Foster. And maybe Paul Lewis. Or The Lost Patrol or The Blueflowers. Or
Read more“Butterfly Melt,” by Anda Volley: Saturday Video Roundup
Our friend Anda Volley is back, and her latest music exploration leans into the sort of ambient I have always been intrigued by. Also, great video. Tune in, turn on, happy Saturday.
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I almost titled this “Self-Portrait.”
Read morePhotography may have saved my life
One of the symptoms of depression is an addiction to rumination. The vicious cycle of negative thinking that strips us of energy and desire. It is precisely our obsession with working out what makes us unhappy that makes us unhappy. – Chris Corner You don’t walk away from something that was central to your very being for 35 years without
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