2010-09-22 01:14
So, Week Two of the season has ended and people are actually asking me for a status report, which is very flattering.Let me first say that the season began just in time for this blog to surv… Read More
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2010-09-14 05:18
Now that football season has officially started, my husband is thrilled to have somebody in the house to talk about the game with. I was having trouble thinking about how to write about thi… Read More
2010-09-11 14:05
There is a sequence in To Kill A Mockingbird in which Atticus tells Jem and Scout they have to go over to some old lady's house and read to her every day, which they do. However, after Jem… Read More
2010-09-09 22:46
I hate Dungeons and Dragons. There, I said it. Can't stand it. Never could. Tried hard in college to like it. Failed. Lost the ability to be friends with people who played it.You'd think… Read More
2010-08-17 04:09
English is a funny language. The rules of grammar and spelling are erratic and difficult to learn, and in many cases, what we think of as standard spellings now were just arbitrary choices… Read More
2010-08-17 02:20
Do you remember the first season of Seinfeld? All right, smartypants. Would you remember the first season of Seinfeld if you didn't have all nine seasons on DVD?Unless you were actually a… Read More
2010-08-13 03:19
They're finally playing! And I hope it's good because I still don't like sports.Real post soon (probably) Read More
2010-08-06 04:04
Most people, if asked, would probably say that it is difficult to define exactly what makes a legend. That's because most people are ignorant. The laws of legendhood have been very clearly… Read More
2010-07-29 06:39
O.M.G., as the kids say.Have we talked about the Cincinnati Bengals? I don't believe that we have had a chance to discuss the Cincinnati Bengals. So, let me tell you about the Cincinnati Ben… Read More
2010-07-25 07:55
All right, guys. It's starting for real. Football season. I can't pretend any more, and I can't slack off, no matter how much time I spend mincing around in plays that literally no one will… Read More
2010-07-22 02:57
One of the sweetest slash strangest compliments I have ever received was given to me by a ninth-grade girl when I myself was about twenty-three. She said, and I quote, “I love the way… Read More
2010-07-12 01:04
The best way to make something happen in your life is to make other plans.Like, for example, maybe you get a fun idea for a really silly blog regarding a topic that you know next to nothing… Read More
2010-07-05 03:28
I am waiting for the employee shuttle to take me to the train station at the end of my work day. As is my usual habit, I am reading a book, as a sign that I do not want to be engaged in conv… Read More
2010-06-21 05:36
There are two sports I have always enjoyed watching on television: billiards and soccer. I find them both to be very relaxing to watch, in the same sort of way as a particularly interesting… Read More
2010-06-12 03:58
BEFORE YOU READ, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION:This post was inspired by the recent actions of Seattle Seahawks rookie Golden Tate, as well as the novels of Stieg Larsson, who would be a much, much… Read More
2010-06-01 20:26
So I haven't been bothering anyone to read my blog for a while because I've had three big blocks to actually writing in it for the last three or four weeks: One, a total dearth of football n… Read More
2010-05-30 04:14
I have never pretended to not be boring. I love being boring. All of my favorite activities involve being quiet and sitting still, which was how I knew that I would enjoy blogging.Unfortuna… Read More
2010-05-15 06:49
Dear Mom,How are you? I am fine. Camp is pretty fun, lots of work tho. We play football all day long, except for an hour in the afternoon where we can do arts and crafts, archery, or swimmin… Read More
2010-05-05 00:03
People often ask me about my process. By “often,” I mean “never,” because this blog attracts a phenomenal lack of interest, but I don't mind. I needed an opener.So, g… Read More
2010-05-01 16:16
Just because somebody's an underdog, that doesn't automatically mean that you should root for them. I mean, sure it, was great when Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby, and everybody love… Read More
2010-04-24 05:49
When I was called in for jury duty last fall, I developed the unshakable opinion that the most entertaining setting in which to watch other humans behave is during jury selection. It's prob… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
So, I've been chewing on this Brad Childress thing for a few days now, trying to come up with an angle, and while I have come to the conclusion that the man looks disturbingly like Gerald Mc… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Despite the fact that one time I posted a new Ok Go video to Facebook before any of my friends did, I would generally describe myself as the opposite of an early adopter. Due mainly to the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'm sorry. I wrote nothing after week three and in the last 48 hours I've started like, four different essays that have gone nowhere.But I feel like it's important to say that Michael Vick's… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of the luxuries we are afforded, living in a first world country in the twenty-oneth century, is the leisure to care way too much about non-issues, and I for one would like to express my… Read More
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