This should probably be a regular feature. Yesterday, while holding and playing with Becky’s iPhone: “Daddy, I’m tweeting, just like you tweet.” Today: “Mommy, we might have to bring Ralphie [her stuffed buffalo] and the manatee and your teddy bear downstairs, to keep the Grinch away.” Both quotes are from Loyette, obviously. Although Loyacita is starting to get old enough,… Read more »
One year after retiring and then un-retiring, Florida’s coach is stepping down, again. Retiring into obscurity, for real this time? Positioning himself to be the next head coach of Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos? Trying to secure the coveted title “The Brett Favre of Coaches” by un-resigning (again) next week? Joining the WAC as its eighth football member? Simply… Read more »
I just checked my Sportacular app, and it says Denver (2-6) is a 21-point underdog tonight at Saint Mary’s (6-2). This is the first time the Pioneers have been a double-digit ‘dog this season — Utah State was a 9.5-point favorite at Magness last week; DU beat the spread, losing by 8 — but I can’t say I’m surprised. Saint… Read more »
President Obama, whose political and communication skills were supposed to make him the “liberal Reagan,” has instead managed — somehow — to simultaneously and in equal measure piss off both his liberal base and swing voters, such that neither will be inclined to cut him any slack in the second half of his term. Liberals think he’s a total corporatist… Read more »
In front of their largest home crowd since Joe Scott’s very first game as head coach in 2007, the Denver Pioneers (2-6) edged Cal State Northridge (2-6) on Saturday, 66-63, to earn their much-needed second win of the season before heading into a brutal stretch against two WCC powers. “You know, we’re not the most confident bunch in the world… Read more »
I already tweeted this, but since new tweets aren’t showing up in the sidebar right now, due to the hangover from the recent blog outage… Friday’s Planet Money podcast, about Europe’s debt woes and the potential Lehman-style mega-crisis that could be in their (and our) future, was a classic in the #PANIC!!! genre. It may be their most unnerving episode… Read more »
The Mid-Majority has just published its first State of the Other 25 rankings for 2010, and Denver’s next opponent — St. Mary’s — is ranked #1. Here is TMM’s write-up:
NOTE: Due to a recent blog outage, new tweets are not presently appearing below. I hope to have this fixed soon.
Bruce Schneier has a modest proposal: Securing the Washington Monument from terrorism has turned out to be a surprisingly difficult job. The concrete fence around the building protects it from attacking vehicles, but there’s no visually appealing way to house the airport-level security mechanisms the National Park Service has decided are a must for visitors. It is considering several options,… Read more »
Lisa Velte, a.k.a. “The Major’s Girl,” won the second annual Living Room Times College Football Pick ’em Contest, besting Brad Warbiany (a.k.a. “Old Gold & Black”) on a tiebreaker. Velte, whose identity as “The Major’s Girl” had remained a mystery until this afternoon, and Warbiany both finished with 252 points out of a maximum possible 340. The tie was broken… Read more »