Sports
The 0-0 soccer match is a metaphor for boredom, but this game was anything but. Trinidad and Tobago lost a player to a red card at 46 minutes and were a man down for the rest of the match, but held heavily favored Sweden to a draw anyway. Trinidad
Sports
England 1-0 Paraguay I woke up at 5:45 this morning to watch the game. England dominated the first half, but couldn't convert anything (the only goal of the game was a Paraguayan own goal). The second half was more evenly matched, with Paraguay almost getting a
Politics
I received a mass-mailed advertisement from John Edwards, asking me to contribute money to help the Democrats re-gain control of the Senate. If Edwards were so concerned about that, shouldn't he have run for re-election to the Senate in 2004 rather than giving up his
Sports
When was the last time the NBA playoffs were more exciting than March Madness? I have watched more NBA action in the last month than I had in the preceding 10 years. (This post's title is an homage to my favorite kNebraska joke.)
Music
"Not a Crime" by Gogol Bordello "Don't Listen to the Radio" by The Vines "I Was Never Young" by Of Montreal "Go All the Way" by The Raspberries "Technologic" by Daft Punk "Ein bisschen Frieden" by
Me
Yesterday was the first day in the month of May on which I was neither sick nor at work. Do I need to tell you how good it felt?
Music
I was picking up dinner this evening, and what was playing over the PA? "Anytime" by Neil Finn. Yes. "Anytime" by Neil Finn. At a fast food place. And not one of those cool Portland joints, either. When did mainstream stores start playing album cuts from
Intellect
In a recent post, Ross Douthat at The American Scene asks his readers to accept (without evidence) his characterization of the new book by Ramesh Ponnuru as smart and worthy of serious debate. Douthat begins his post with a series of questionable presumptions about people who disagree with him. He
Politics
From an analysis by cbsnews.com: none (Link courtesy of Political Wire.)
Me
I took NyQuil to go to sleep Tuesday night and DayQuil to go to work Wednesday morning. Having then sensibly given up the idea of returning to work again this week, I weaned myself off the 'Quil over the course of four hours last night. I thought I knew
Me
A second weekend in a row lost to illness. The toughest thing about having the flu is the dreams. If you spend enough time asleep, your mind runs out of things to dream about. Instead of a dream like a film, you get a dream like the thwap-thwap-thwap
LIS
If a library were going to stock this book, wouldn't it be wrong somehow to charge an overdue fee on someone who returned it late?