Happy birfday to drdenny!

Dear god. Thanks to Jim Jonas for guaranteeing that I won’t be able to sleep for a week…. EPIC

Being up here in New Yorkansas I guess I’m a tad out of the loop. I knew that State fans had been riding Chris Paul hard prior to his nardbusting episode with Hodge. What I didn’t know until just now what what they had been chanting. “I killed your grandfather. I killed your grandfather.” Ummm, excuse me? Yeah, I know

First, note sirpaulsbuddy‘s great take on the unlikely risk of America becoming a real Christian nation. Now, that “error” that the Grand Inquisitor tells Jesus he committed – does anybody remember what that error was? Score 10 points if you said “free will.” People don’t want free will. Free will is hard work. No, people want easy answers, says he.

Dubya once said he was “a pit bull on the pantleg of opportunity,” which I think is one of the coolest things any president has ever said. What isn’t clear to me is whether the pit bull is supposed to be biting the pantleg or humping it. Either way, I think you can make the case that the statement applies

I’m listening to Warren Zevon’s My Ride’s Here (thx to Pat Vecchio at the Music desk for lending it to me, btw). It occurs to me that no society should be be asked to endure the loss of two such brilliant critics of its culture as Zevon and Hunter Thompson in such a short time. She was a systems analyst

I invented a new word this morning. euphemasia – noun: the act of putting the truth out of its misery by cynically substituting an inoffensive expression for one that is considered offensive or damaging to the personal, political or economic interests of the party using the term. Also, the inverse, cynically substituting an offensive term for a benign one in

Well, this is good news. Students in an investigative journalism class will get to practice their craft on-campus at Rutgers University after all. John Pavlik, chairman of the university’s journalism department, said Tuesday that he was reversing his earlier decision that restricted reporting in the class to off-campus topics. “We’ve decided that the long-term goal of getting the students the

Dr. Jim over at sirpaulsbuddy has three or four good takes posted this morning, including a really distressing story about being evangelized by your non-denom doctor during an office visit and an update on the Clear Channel/China merger….

Offered for your approval. First, this: Asim Kamal’s gutsy knock of 91, after India’s mediumpace bowlers had accounted for the top order, helped Pakistan to 312 before they were knocked over by India. Lakshmipathy Balaji, returning to the Indian team after a gap of nearly a year, had plenty to smile about, and picked up his first Test five-for. Ummmkay.

Wake Forest today suspended star guard Chris Paul for one game for his low blow to NC State’s Julius Hodge in Sunday’s game. I have spent so much time in recent months being humiliated by the appalling lack of leadership and values at the University of Colorado, where I earned my doctorate. So it is with almost immeasurable pride that

[Credit: Thanks to beast_o_bourbon for the heads-up.] CU President Betsy Hoffman has resigned!!!!! “It has become clear to me that, amid the serious matters the University of Colorado now confronts, my role as the leader of the University has become an issue. It appears to me it is in the University’s best interest that I remove the issue of my

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Best I can tell, last night’s made-fer-TV movie, Their Eyes Were Watching God, had a total running time of about 26 minutes. With commercial breaks, it rounded off to about 4 1/2 hours….

tylerdfc is onto an important bit of idiocy – Bill Would Hold Game Makers Accountable For Players’ Actions: House Bill 2178 proposes to hold the makers and sellers of violent video games liable if someone under 17 years old commits a crime, due in any part, to playing the game. It’s not bad enough that you aren’t responsible for your