Generally speaking, the world is a terrible place filled with wretched injustice everywhere you turn. And, if I understand my television and local editorial board correctly, it has only gotten worse since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare aka The Single Worst Crime the US Government has Ever Committed Against Its Citizens including McCarthyism,… Read more »
You may die because of a gene patent that should never have been granted. The owner of that patent owns the gene that exists in your body. It’s private property. Well, according to the late Michael Crichton anyway. Good golly, that sounds frightening. What should and should not be patentable has been the subject of debate – and legal disputes… Read more »
Dayton’s win over North Carolina in the NIT title game Thursday lifted Steve Ivey of Greensboro, NC to the championship of the 6th annual — and perhaps last — Living Room Times NIT pool. The Flyers’ win also denied Rick Boeckler a record third LRT pool title. Ivey, a 2005 Kentucky grad, finishes with 188 points out of a possible… Read more »
So, in honor of Butler’s Final Four appearance this weekend, and quest for a mid-major national championship, I want to temporarily change my blog masthead from the newly added Denver panorama to a photo from my visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse for the Bulldogs’ 2007 BracketBusters game against Southern Illinois. I’ve narrowed my options down to two contenders: (Full size) (Full… Read more »
Like the Gators would play a non-conference game outside the state of Florida? Against a legit team? A Division I-A team? A team that could actually beat them? Puh-leeze.
In search of the best tweeting and tweet-reading experience on my new iPod touch, I’ve downloaded a whole bunch of Twitter apps, some free, some merely cheap. Specifically, I’ve tried Twitterrific (free), Echofon (free), Twit Pro ($0.99), Tweetie ($2.99) and TweetDeck (free). Aside from Twit Pro, whose UI is just awful, the other four are all good apps, each with… Read more »
One of five shirt options being created for the health reform bill passing: You can vote for your favorite (or see the other options) here.
Dayton’s win over Ole Miss mathematically eliminated Joe Hiegel of Greenfield, Wisconsin from the 6th annual Living Room Times NIT Pool, and now it’s Steve Ivey vs. Rick Boeckler for the pool championship. If Rhode Island beats North Carolina in tonight’s second semifinal, Ivey, of Greensboro, NC, will win the pool. If the Tar Heels win, Boeckler, of Silver Spring,… Read more »
You may notice that my blog has a new masthead, an image of the Denver skyline set against the Rockies. I took the photo Sunday at the Museum of Nature and Science, whose atrium has one of the most breathtaking views of the city you’ll find. More pics here, including the full panorama shown (in part) in the masthead.
Longtime blog reader and 2004 Notre Dame alum Lauren Taylor of Smyrna, Georgia (a.k.a. NDLauren) is the champion of the 13th annual Living Room Times NCAA women’s basketball pool. Taylor clinched the pool Monday night — on the first night of the Elite Eight, one of the earliest clinches in LRT history — when Stanford beat Xavier on a Tyus… Read more »
