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Archive for October 24th, 2010

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Footballblogging: OR We Could Try NOT Looking Into the Abyss!

Steelers won today and I’m glad, even though I haven’t watched a football game this season yet. But Tim Graham at ESPN is blogging nonsense:

But Steratore’s ruling [on a fumble-possession replay challenge] wasn’t the reason [Miami lost].
“It was a big play in the game, but it shouldn’t have come down to that play,” Dolphins head [...]

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

OFFS

By Thoreau
My nephew’s school can’t call their party at the end of October a Halloween party.  They call it a literature party (since most Halloween…um, I mean, end of October harvest festival celebration) costumes are based on characters in stories.  Why do they have to do this?  Because Halloween is apparently a religious holiday.
Look, I [...]

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

What have you done for me lately?

By Thoreau
I keep hearing that regardless of whether Prop. 19 passes, it will generate excitement and turn out among voters who will support the Democrats. Now, I grant that there are many good reasons why individuals who support Prop. 19 might also support Democrats, but if legalization is really the main issue that’s getting [...]