Winter Bowling: Last Night of 2009
Dec 20 2009, 22:17 EST [updated Dec 20 2009, 22:40 EST]
The last league game of 2009 was tonight, but the final game of the half-season is actually in January. We got stomped 6-2. It was just me and the mighty George Jones (subbing*) versus team "I Hate Splits." I bowled 145, 181, 175 (my average) and Georg
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The Prisoner 2009 [SPOILERS]
Nov 19 2009, 17:41 EST [updated Nov 19 2009, 18:24 EST]
I loved the 60s original and I had high hopes for the remake, but bah! The premise of a premise is that the writer gets to introduce one absurd idea at the start, the viewer takes it for granted and suspends disbelief, and then the writer gets to talk ab
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Winter Bowling: Sunday Night Mixed
Nov 10 2009, 17:55 EST [updated Nov 10 2009, 17:57 EST]
Remember last week when I averaged over 210 a game? I keep trying to remember that too. This week was 150, 141, 152. Thanks to my performance last week my average jumped up 7 pins to 170 so this week was extra sour because if I'd flipped the two weeks
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Misunderstanding Tonight's Elections
Nov 03 2009, 23:40 EST [updated Nov 03 2009, 23:41 EST]
There are a bunch of elections today and while everyone is trying to read the tea leaves it is important to remember: incumbents lose during a bad economy. You can't read anything more than that into the results; during the great depression left leaning
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Your week in Quickies
Nov 01 2009, 22:13 EST
Own a 50,000 year old coffee table [jackdied] Nov 01 2009, 22:06 EST Kauri trees in New Zealand can live for over 2,000 years. The most
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