Monday, April 03, 2006

Is Florida the new Kentucky?

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Hard to think of the Gators as a basketball power. I figured them to blow by George Mason, then wilt in the glare of national championship ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

The Brit villain was right.

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An occasional ornament of cowboy movies was the evil Englishman. He had some underhanded scheme to acquire a huge tract of land which, of c...
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Promises, promises ...

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Yes, I said the blog was back, then went and neglected it again. I've got my excuses: heavy work schedule, a bout with some nasty virus...
Monday, February 20, 2006

A pre-season contest.

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How will the Mets blow it this year? Martinez's toe? Reyes's hamstring? Delgado succumbing to no-hit-itis while Beltran fails to rec...
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Mature at last!

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The Trivial Life - Why Jay McInerney should embrace frivolity. By Blake Bailey . According to Blake Bailey, "Mature at last!" was ...
Monday, January 02, 2006

Transit strike postscript.

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I took some more photos on my walk to work during the third and final day of the strike. The next few days were full of holiday events; betw...
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Gators survive!

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About two minutes into the fourth quarter, I was convinced they were going to show their talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victor...
Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Transit Strike Journal - 2

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As promised, I'm continuing my story of day one of the strike with an account of my walk home. I got an early start, so it was still qu...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Transit Strike Journal

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News junkie that I am, I stayed up until midnight to see if there was going to be a transit strike. There was no point in turning the TV on ...
Sunday, November 06, 2005

I did say to look out for Vandy, didn't I?

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I'm beginning to think I could make money calling Gator games. What was the spread? Had to be at least seven.
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Saturday, October 29, 2005

Spillage at World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.

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Gators 14, Dawgs 10. Georgia used to have Florida's number in the worst kind of way. Seems like it's the other way around, now. Mey...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Wot, no curse?

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White Sox win, for the first time since 1917. This, despite my favor (see my "I give the kiss of death" post below). So, the teams...
Saturday, October 22, 2005

Gators and Seminoles

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Fray friend Hipparchia responded to my last post by recalling a party she gave for the Florida-Florida State game, to which she invited an e...
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Monday, October 17, 2005

Perhaps my last college football rant.

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This weekend, like the one just past, usually comes about mid-season. I mean the one when absolutely every game I care about goes the wrong ...
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Friday, October 14, 2005

Thank you, Mickey!

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Blogspot should pay the prevailing wage, as determined by DOL, don't you think? -Kausfiles, October 13, 2005 Of course, if it's hour...
Monday, October 10, 2005

I give the kiss of death; or, why I want the White Sox to win the championship.

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In an earlier post, I told how I became a Brooklyn Dodger fan at age nine, so you know I have a thing for underdogs. Now that the Red Sox ar...
Sunday, October 02, 2005

I wish I weren't such a good pigskin prognosticator.

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Yeah, I called it, but I didn't want it. At least Warren St. John is happy.
Saturday, October 01, 2005

Apology, and fearless prediction.

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I know my hundreds (tens?) of faithful readers have been waiting eagerly for my next submission here. Real life has interfered, in a good ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Fifty years ago today, ...

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... I sat in the "cafetorium" of the Eglin Air Force Base Elementary School, in the pine woods of the Florida Panhandle, along wit...

Has Testaverde gone to seed?

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Gang Green is about to find out.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Weekly college football rave.

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Mixed feelings going into the LSU-Tennessee game. My Gators already beat the Vols, and LSU was still ranked ahead of Florida, so a Tennessee...

Rasputin is dying.

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Mets get another improbable victory, but St. Louis j.v. doesn't look up to defeating Astros. Wait 'til next year.

Mathematical elimination fever update 2

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Getting the Mets out of the wild card race is sort of like trying to kill Rasputin. They'll stay in for another day, if (1) they beat th...
Monday, September 26, 2005

"We never much thought we could get very old": a boomer tale, part 1

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I've just watched Scorsese's No Direction Home, and I'm all verklempt. David Greenberg's take in Slate was that the piece w...
Sunday, September 25, 2005

A bad joke only a boomer could get.

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Trichinosis: a disease that makes your nose look like Richard Nixon's.
Saturday, September 24, 2005

Mathematical elimination fever update.

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The Mets are one away from falling out of the wild-card race. Of course, they're giving fans a great tease, going on a bit of a tear as ...
Thursday, September 22, 2005

"Floating Island"

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No, it isn't a dessert. It's a water-borne work of art. (Click on photo for enlargement.)
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Since they're now effectively out of contention, ...

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... the Mets have come back to life, winning a series from the Braves and assuring themselves of another from the Marlins. Perhaps they'...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Update on slur against Katrina victims.

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Snopes.com now has an update on this story, including the doctor's statement disavowing the contents of the piece and pointing out that ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Don't be fooled by "doctor's" slur on Katrina victims.

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There's a blatantly racist rant about the "arrogance" of Katrina victims, allegedly by an M.D. affiliated with the Mississippi...