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| On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre... Ken said: |
| Yeah, we've both had our share of hope and disappointment in this game. Let's just hope for a good b... |
| On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre... Dan* said: |
| I'm not sure how I feel about this game. On one hand, I feel pretty optimistic that we have the tale... |
| On College Football 2022: Week 1 Preview Dan* said: |
| Glad to see you'll be back writing football again, Ken! Congrats on the easy win today. You didn't ... |
| On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P... Ken said: |
| Yeah, sorry one of our teams had to lose. I've come to appreciate Penn State as a classy and sympath... |
| On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P... Dan* said: |
| Hey Ken, congratulations on the win yesterday! Some really odd choices by our coaching staff in that... |
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Page 1 | ... | Page 4 | Page 5| On Strength and Power | Monday, 2005 March 14 - 10:31 pm |
| Why wouldn't you want to be the good guy? Read more... |
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| The Worst Kind of Liberalism | Monday, 2005 March 14 - 8:23 am |
| The editors at the Harvard Crimson recently advocated a boycott of a fledgling dorm-room cleaning service. Why? Because not all students could afford to use it. Read more... |
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| So What's With All The Hate? | Tuesday, 2005 March 8 - 10:24 pm |
| Or, Do Not Feed The Trolls. There were some fireworks over at Dooce today. Read more... |
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| On the Differences Between Men and Women | Thursday, 2005 March 3 - 12:07 am |
| Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, drew some fire recently for suggesting that there are biological differences between the abilities of men and women, especially when it comes to math and science. It's taken some time for me to formulate my thoughts on the subject, but here they are. Read more... |
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| Ooh, Crumbs | Wednesday, 2005 March 2 - 10:57 pm |
| A bit of 80s nostalgia, for those of you old enough to remember. Read more... |
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| Must Read! | Monday, 2005 February 28 - 10:51 pm |
| I don't normally like just to post links without commentary, but... Read more... |
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| Brief Oscar Notes | Monday, 2005 February 28 - 12:58 am |
| Just a couple of observations here. Read more... |
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| Household Hints | Sunday, 2005 February 27 - 12:12 pm |
| There are some things Mom never taught me. Read more... |
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| More Googling | Wednesday, 2005 February 23 - 11:20 pm |
| More fun search engine hits! Ha! Read more... |
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| A Vast Collection Of Topical Commentary | Tuesday, 2005 February 22 - 10:41 pm |
| There's just TOO MUCH GOING ON to write a bunch of separate posts. Read more... |
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| Hunter S. Thompson | Monday, 2005 February 21 - 9:37 pm |
| Gonzo journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide Sunday night. Read more... |
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| Googling | Saturday, 2005 February 19 - 10:45 am |
| One feature of StatCounter is that it lets me see what search terms people have used when visiting my site. The results are interesting. Read more... |
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| First, The Bad News | Wednesday, 2005 February 16 - 12:08 am |
| There was an article recently about binge drinking. Mmm, binge drinking. Read more... |
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| Blog Note: Twin Peaks | Tuesday, 2005 February 15 - 10:16 pm |
| No, this is not another story about boobs. Read more... |
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| Sex Sells | Sunday, 2005 February 13 - 5:12 pm |
| ... and perhaps the word "sex" will make people read this article. Read more... |
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| Fifteen Minutes of Fame | Friday, 2005 February 11 - 11:20 pm |
| It's madness, I tell you. I have had more hits in the last day than I had in the six months prior. Read more... |
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| The Super Bowl | Monday, 2005 February 7 - 9:01 pm |
| Not all of you are sports fans, I know. But I promise, only part of this article is actually about sports. Read more... |
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| Consumer Report: Household Products (Part 2) | Thursday, 2005 February 3 - 11:39 am |
| More comments on household products. I should be getting some product placement revenue for this. Read more... |
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| Entertainment: Goodbye, Johnny, and Thanks | Sunday, 2005 January 23 - 9:58 pm |
| Johnny Carson died today at the age of 79. Read more... |
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| Consumer Report: Household Products | Thursday, 2005 January 20 - 12:28 am |
| I am something of a household product junkie. Kitchen products and cleaning products are especially irresistible to me. Read more... |
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| Television: The Wednesday Dilemma | Wednesday, 2005 January 19 - 11:19 pm |
| As we all know, "Lost" is the best show on TV right now. But now that January is here, I have a problem. Read more... |
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| Society: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston Split | Sunday, 2005 January 9 - 11:47 am |
| That's right, single folks, there's hope for us again. Yeah. Read more... |
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| News: Tsunamis from Quake Kill 12600 | Sunday, 2004 December 26 - 10:45 pm |
| This is one of those news items that will hopefully give people a little perspective. Read more... |
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| Sports: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Playoff | Sunday, 2004 December 19 - 11:21 pm |
| People hate the BCS system for Division I-A college football. Some people keep clamoring for a playoff. I, for one, would hate to see that happen. Read more... |
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| Society: Try Not to Wake Me | Sunday, 2004 December 12 - 6:25 pm |
| A Norwegian court acquitted a man of rape because of his claim that he was asleep during the act. Read more... |
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| Society: The Curse of Fandom | Saturday, 2004 December 4 - 4:07 pm |
| It's not always easy being a sports fan. But it's better than the alternatives. Read more... |
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| Health: The Female Viagra | Thursday, 2004 December 2 - 11:51 pm |
| FDA advisers are recommending that the government not approve a hormone patch that boosts a woman's sex drive. Clearly these people are getting more sex than I am. Read more... |
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| Society: Paris Hilton Not Concerned With Looks | Sunday, 2004 September 26 - 11:23 am |
| In an interview on "Access Hollywood", Paris Hilton recently stated that she's no longer concerned with looks, when it comes to dating. Read more... |
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| Consumer Report: U-Haul | Sunday, 2004 August 22 - 12:24 pm |
| They're the cheapest guys out there, but sometimes you get what you pay for. Read more... |
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| Sports: The (New) Great White Hope | Monday, 2004 July 5 - 2:53 pm |
| I'll admit, when I saw 17-year-old tennis phenom Maria Sharapova for the first time, my initial thought was, "wow, she's hot". But my own reaction gave me a bit of pause. Read more... |
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| World: Fighting Terrorism | Wednesday, 2004 June 23 - 12:12 am |
| Terrorism is like cancer. Cancer spreads rapidly, and if cells are left to proliferate, they kill their host organism, and thereby kill themselves. There is no reasoning against it. So what do we do about it? Read more... |
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| Sports: Pistons Win! | Wednesday, 2004 June 16 - 12:48 am |
| Ahh, it's nice to be on the winning side. I have sympathy for Laker fans (but only a little). Read more... |
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| Sports: Pistons vs. Lakers | Wednesday, 2004 June 2 - 8:52 pm |
| Who would've thought? The Pistons are in the NBA finals against the Lakers. Read more... |
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| Society: "The Swan" | Sunday, 2004 May 9 - 12:20 pm |
| I've seen a few episodes of Fox's new reality show, "The Swan". It's another one of those train-wreck-can't-look-away plastic surgery shows, a la "Extreme Makeover" on ABC. Just what kind of message are we sending? Read more... |
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| Society: Top Ten Worst Things To Say To Someone You've Offended | Sunday, 2004 April 25 - 5:54 pm |
| I hear racist, sexist, homophobic, and otherwise negative comments all the time. I wonder: when people are offensive, is it that they don't realize it, or is it just that they don't care? Hmm. Either way, I hate it when people make it worse by trying to justify their offensiveness. Read more... |
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| Society: Top Ten Signs You're a Bad Driver | Sunday, 2004 April 25 - 5:47 pm |
| Yes, you... the one talking on the cell phone... Read more... |
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| Finance: Options Expense Reporting | Sunday, 2004 April 18 - 9:46 am |
| In this day of Enron and WorldCom, a lot of folks are up in arms about having companies list outstanding stock option expense on their bottom line. Calpers is going so far as to withhold votes for Apple's board of directors over this issue. But anyone who knows anything about finance should know better. Read more... |
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| Society: Massachusetts Allows Gay Marriage | Tuesday, 2004 February 10 - 11:12 pm |
| The Christian right is in an uproar about a recent Massachusetts court ruling that gay people should legally be allowed to be married. I have to wonder: what's all the fuss? Read more... |
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| Society: "Under God" E-mail Hoax | Tuesday, 2004 February 10 - 10:30 pm |
| An e-mail hoax from a few years ago has sprung up in my e-mail inbox again. It claims that Pepsi has put the Pledge of Allegiance on a new patriotic can design, but has left off the words "Under God". For this reason, we are supposed to boycott Pepsi. Not only is this e-mail untrue... it is offensive. Read more... |
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| Society: "Average Joe" has no chance | Wednesday, 2003 December 10 - 10:43 pm |
| Let's see... when a hot girl has to choose between a hot guy and an "Average Joe", who will she pick? Was there really ever any suspense in NBC's ridiculous show? Read more... |
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| Society: Hate, Not Heritage | Thursday, 2003 October 30 - 1:02 am |
| I'm sick of folks around here defending the Confederate flag. Their arguments simply don't wash with me. Read more... |
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| Sports: Thugs of the Week | Sunday, 2003 October 12 - 12:00 pm |
| Sports are great, but when testosterone-filled rage triumphs over sportsmanship, it ruins it for everyone. Here are two people who should be kicked out of the sport. Read more... |
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