I am predicting nothing for Saturday night. Nothing at all. Except one thing.
I don’t know what to expect anymore, so I’m not going to pretend I have any read whatsoever on the mental state of this Red Wings team.
When I think they’re tired, worn out, beaten down and ready to call it a season, they [...]
Please.
I haven’t written about politics on this blog in a fairly long time. There’s a reason for that. All it accomplishes is to piss off some readers who come here for the sports, and confirm all the beliefs of those who do come here for my liberal, commie-loving, viewpoints.
But mostly I haven’t written about politics [...]
I have been an editor for long enough now that I appreciate a slow news day.
Everyone’s relaxed. Nobody really cares too much if the placement of stories doesn’t quite work. Because none of the stories are breaking, you’ve got them all well before deadline. And in yesterday’s case, the only story worth having wasn’t ending [...]
These are, typically, the weeks of the year when nobody aside from true fanatics gives more than a moment’s thought to games played on ice in cold arenas.
Normally, I would count myself among those who ignore hockey through the dog days of summer. However, since ’summer’ in this city so far can be justly summed [...]
Sarah Palin used to be entertaining.
I mean, she was the perfectly-cast Hollywood sideshow foil that made last year’s election so incredibly riveting. She was so good at being the election’s comic relief that watching Tina Fey imitate her was almost disappointing. It was impossible to play a Folksy Right Wing Nutjob character and get more [...]
It is not hard to rip on the future of newspapers. If it is easy to kick someone while they’re down, it is even easier to punch them in the face while they lie on their deathbed. When it comes to fishwrap, I’ve done both. Sometimes gleefully. Sometimes while bemoaning the future of a world [...]