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Nice kitty

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Becky’s parents had an unexpected visitor in their back yard this morning: Meow.

Idaho wins a Boise-esque thriller

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Playing on the blue turf in Boise, that other Division I-A football team from the state of Idaho pulled out an epic win over Bowling Green in the Humanitarian Bowl tonight, giving up a late, heartbreaking touchdown, then rallying for a dramatic TD to pull within one, and eschewing the score-tying, game-extending P.A.T. in favor of the ultimate high-risk, high-reward… Read more »

Worst. Decade. Ever.

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Heh. (Hat tip: InstaPundit.) By the way… here’s a good Volokh post about the whole 2010 vs. 2011 “decade” debate, essentially agreeing with me on the issue. Money quote: [T]he second decade of the twenty-first century, if you want to use the term “second decade,” might begin either in the 2010 or 2011; my sense is that actual usage is… Read more »

My Defining Days of the Decade: #5

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We’re in the home stretch with Brendan’s Defining Days of the Decade… #12: May 15, 2003: Becky and I Graduate From College #11: November 7, 2000: The Election of a Lifetime #10: August 14, 2003: The Great Northeast Blackout #9: September 15, 2008: The Economy Implodes — And I Get A Job #8: July 3, 2004: Becky and I Get… Read more »

My Defining Days of the Decade: #6

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Continuing with Brendan’s Defining Days of the Decade, now way behind schedule (oh well)… #12: May 15, 2003: Becky and I Graduate From College #11: November 7, 2000: The Election of a Lifetime #10: August 14, 2003: The Great Northeast Blackout #9: September 15, 2008: The Economy Implodes — And I Get A Job #8: July 3, 2004: Becky and… Read more »

My Defining Days of the Decade: #7

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Continuing with Brendan’s Defining Days of the Decade: #12: May 15, 2003: Becky and I Graduate From College #11: November 7, 2000: The Election of a Lifetime #10: August 14, 2003: The Great Northeast Blackout #9: September 15, 2008: The Economy Implodes — And I Get A Job #8: July 3, 2004: Becky and I Get Engaged Number Seven… July… Read more »

Pomp, pageantry & pizza

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Quite possibly the single most easily mockable bowl game in the history of college football, at least on paper, is underway: Marshall vs. Ohio in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Thank God the lords of college football are committed to avoiding a legitimate system of determining the sport’s national champion in order to preserve the sublime tradition and pageantry of… Read more »