Entries from April 2008

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The top ten Roger Clemens-Mindy McCready unreleased country songs

We’re going for a lighter mood these days, like I mentioned last time. So in honour of this sordid affair, we present the top ten country songs Mindy McCready could record about her relationship with “Rocket” Roger Clemens:
10. “I Was Hit By Your Pitch But I Won’t Take My Base”
9. “You Put It Straight Down [...]

Monday, April 28th, 2008

I take comfort in games with rules

“His arm shall be cut off like that of this bull, his neck shall be twisted off like that of a bird, his office shall not exist, the position of his son shall not exist, his house shall not exist in Nubia, his tomb shall not exist in the necropolis, his god shall not accept [...]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The 40-minute Obama-non-story challenge

I’ve been known, on occasion, to be somewhat crude and dismissive when faced with obvious media bullshit. Sue me. It’s what I do.
Which is why it is both surprising and extremely uplifting to see my favourite politician respond to the sort of non-issue, lazy-journalism, lowest-common-denominator pandering exactly the way that I would, were I smart [...]

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Drunken Praise for the Dominator

The key to goaltending is remaining in control. The elite goalies are always aware of everything, alert and effective. Unflappable. Calm and cool in the face of opposing fire.
I love Dominik Hasek because he is none of these things. Not a single one.
I used to think there was some trick to it — that there [...]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

He's all growed up now (gratuitous hockey post)

(Some sort of whacky playoff preview coming tomorrow … yes, I know, after Game 1)
I remember the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs — of course, what Red Wings fan doesn’t?
The team was coached by a Hall of Fame coach, captained by a Hall of Fame captain, had three Hall of Fame defencemen and five Hall of [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Typical Obama Supporter is smarter than Typical Provocative Reporter

I’ve been lurking, reading, ingesting, digesting and refraining from spewing about the Democratic nomination battle because, the hope is, that after next week it will be over, and we can get back to (hah!) constructive political debate, making fun of the media and the NHL and NBA playoffs!
In other words, whatever, happens, there’s going to [...]