[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Two quick announcements about my Twitter “hiatus”: 1. In order to alleviate ongoing terminological confusion about the intended scope of the hiatus – which was never designed to result in literally zero or near-zero tweets; my original goal was 200 tweets in 30 days, and I’d be within striking distance… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] My Twitter hiatus was shot to hell last week by the Week From Hell – a week that, as Becky put it on Facebook early Friday, “started…with the gruesome story of Kermit Gosnell, moved on to the marathon bombings, had a deranged Elvis impersonator send deadly ricin to Congressmen and… Read more »
Add three names to The Living Room Times Hall of Eternal Glory: Mike Boyd of Raleigh, NC; Scott Fort of Warrior, AL; and Ross Binder of Minneapolis, MN — champions of the 18th annual Men’s NCAA Pool, 16th annual Women’s NCAA Pool, and 9th annual NIT Pool, respectively. Actually, Fort’s name is not a new addition to the Hall of… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] “In the not-too-distant past, your conference was where you lived, but with all the illogical itinerancy that’s certainly not true anymore.” –Kyle Whelliston With those words in the Season 9 Epilogue – combined with his previously-stated, now-confirmed decision that “we’re doing away with the Red Line after this season, because… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] My frequently-declared, rarely-adhered-to Twitter “hiatuses” have become, understandably, an object of mockery among my friends on Twitter. I have a long history of spending more time declaring “hiatuses” than actually sticking with them. #SelfControlPANIC! #TwitterAddictDOOM! 🙂 Definitionally, a “hiatus” is when I change my Twitter password to something unknown to… Read more »
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] My latte at @pabloscoffee last night. I’m testing @Livefyre on my @tumblr, so comments are appreciated!
The field of contenders mathematically alive to win has narrowed to 4, 5 and 3, respectively, in the Living Room Times men’s NCAA, women’s NCAA, and NIT pools. In the men’s pool, we’re down to a “Final Four” of Kevin Pilz, Jimmy Smith, Joe Wright and Mike Boyd. If Syracuse wins the title, Pilz, a Newington, Connecticut resident whose brother… Read more »