Exclusive: pics of the new LeBron James nickname jersey
You may have heard that the NBA, in an attempt to wring every last dollar from you, is going to experiment with “nickname jerseys.” That is, instead of players having their names on the back of their shirts – Kevin Garnett has “Garnett,” for instance – they’ll have their nicknames. So Garnett, we’d expect, will be “Big Ticket.” Spike Lee
Read moreTexas becomes first state to open a Department of Pre-Crime
“Future crime warrant”? May the gods deliver us from “predictive policing” because the courts sure won’t. And now, your Minority Report moment of the day. Turns out it has nothing to do with the NSA. Nope, this time it’s our freedom and liberty loving countrymen in Texas. Last week, an appeals court in Texas ruled that police may obtain a
Read moreThe Patti Adler controversy: goddammit, University of Colorado, will you PLEASE stop embarrassing me?
CU shoots itself in the dick again, devaluing its reputation and my degree even more. Oh, good. The University of Colorado is in the news again. There is, of course, disagreement over what exactly the school is and is not doing and what Professor Adler did and did not do. Since I wasn’t there, I can’t say for certain. Here’s
Read moreThe first machine to pass the Turing Test is going to be … wait for it … a telemarketing robot
No, this clever program isn’t 100% there yet, but listen to the audio and think about it for a second.
Read moreUEFA Champions League draw pits Chelsea against Galatasaray, as predicted
Any wonder that people think these things are fixed? A few days ago I posted this to Facebook and one of my sports lists: “Chelsea’s possible round of 16 opponents are Bayer, Zenit, Olympiakos, Milan, and Galatasaray. Anybody want to bet me a million dollars the completely random draw slots us with Gala and former Blues icon Didier Drogba?”
Read moreTunesDay: Meet Hey Marseilles
A wonderful recent discovery. They might remind you of Death Cab for Cutie, and there are moments where I might compare them to The Shins, Ben Folds Five or Jets Overhead, even. Thoughtful, literate Chamber Pop from my new city.
Read more10-second beer review: Elliott Bay Brewing Batch 1000 Flanders Style Ale
Oh. Muhgod. If I blindfolded you and held this to your nose you’d think you were smelling a tart red wine vinegar. But give it a taste. Pure magic. Brewed back in early 2010 to commemorate Elliott Bay Brewing’s 1000th batch (hence the name), this anniversary brew was divided into four separate barrels. This year’s release has been aging since then
Read moreChelsea FC’s annual November/December collapse continues: a theory as to its cause
Chelsea drops more points to bad competition. Why does this happen every damned year? It seems like every year, starting with November, the damned wheels fall off for Chelsea. It’s been baffling. This November wasn’t the Greek tragedy that the last couple have been, but it wasn’t awesome, either. The Blues kicked this season’s chokefest off by losing to Newcastle.
Read moreEerie moment in Seattle this morning
Weird thing happened this morning.
Read moreAsimbonang’ uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela)
Mandela is dead.
Read moreNorth Carolina prosecutor charges academic kingpin in UNC football scandal
Hopefully this will be an example to all those corrupt professors responsible for NCAA football cheating. Our friend Otherwise called this one to my attention. Former UNC professor charged HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A former professor at the center of an academic scandal involving athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been charged with a felony, accused
Read moreMetro-North crash wasn’t human error, it was political error
PTC technology wasn’t in use thanks to our political leaders’ refusal to invest in our infrastructure. Yesterday Cal policy professor and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich used the fatal Metro-North train derailment in New York City as an opportunity to offer up some thoughts on the sorry state of America’s infrastructure, a topic my Scholars & Rogues colleague Dr. Denny
Read moreDear college football pundits: AJ McCarron deserves the Heisman Trophy
Shortly after yesterday’s epic Iron Bowl – I don’t use that word “epic” very often, but they’ll be talking about this one a century from now, assuming American football is still being played – I heard a pundit opine that Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron’s Heisman Trophy hopes were now dead. Seriously?
Read moreThanksgiving is now Black Thursday and Black Friday is upon us: what should America not be thankful for?
The nation gives thanks … for what? I was never a William Burroughs fan, but I nonetheless find myself thinking about his 1986 “Thanksgiving Prayer,” surely one of the most caustic (and insightful) takes on our great American holiday. I’m in this sort of mood for a reason. Or two, or three. First off, you may have noticed all the
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