Music
§1 So much for that... A headline in the February 9, 2020 New York Times: “Oregon Learns to Love a Rivalry,” about the Ducks’ new rivalry in women’s basketball with Oregon State. A headline in the August 5, 2023 New York Times: “Ever-Shrinking Pac-12 Loses Oregon and Washington to
Music
§1 Spain 1, England 0 “Send a message to the fleet, they'll search for us in vain / We won't be there among the reaches of the Spanish Main...”—Al Stewart §2 Don't Speak Like Pomplamoose, PostmodernJukebox gets its transformations so very right from time
Books
§1 Rock and metal genres Becoming a Rate Your Music member is a great way to learn about the multitude of genres that people have imagined for sub-dividing rock and metal music, and this video (unrelated to RYM) can serve as a quick introduction. §2 Book David Orr had enough
Humor
In the 1990s, I wrote song parodies that had fun with college football. My hijacking of the Hallelujah Chorus to honor Johnny Lujack went something like: JOHN-ny Lu-jack! JOHN-ny Lu-jack! Johnny Lujack! Johnny Lujack! JOHN-NAY LU-JACK! JOHN-ny Lu-jack! JOHN-ny Lu-jack! Johnny Lujack! Johnny Lujack! JOHN-NAY LU-JACK! Glory of God in
Sports
How did Joseph Vincent Paterno gain so much power over Pennsylvania State University that the top officials of that university would agree to cover up (and thus enable) child molestation in order to protect Paterno's chance to set the college football record for most coaching wins? An essay
Sports
So I was all set to head to a bar tonight with a fellow Houston refugee to watch the University of Houston men's basketball team play against mighty Duke on national television. All the Coogs needed to do was to beat Georgia Southern yesterday afternoon, and they would
Sports
The first major college football game of the season starts in about four hours. One of these years, I will get cable hooked back up, buy a big-screen TV, and lose myself in football season the way I did when I was a teenager. Every summer, I ask myself whether
Commerce
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Commerce
Update: Look here for updated information. What good is it to have the right to cancel a subscription during a one-month trial period if the company gives you no way to cancel it? I signed up for ESPN Insider a month ago. A week ago, I realized that, as someone
Sports
It's been a great year for me as a college football fan. Ohio State is 12-0, Big Ten champions, and will play in the national championship game. California is 9-3 and Pac-Ten co-champions. San Jose State is 8-4 and will play in a bowl game for the first
Sports
The University of Puget Sound sports teams are called the Loggers and their colors are maroon and white. With a domain name like ups.edu, though, should those be "the Shippers" and "brown"?
Me
Finished 4th out of 28 in Jack Bogdanski's pool. My only regret is not picking Germany to beat Argentina. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I picked Argentina to win it all.