Category Archives: Living Room Times

LeBron goes from hero to villain

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Mark Bradley hits the nail on the head with his LeBron James column, which articulates much more clearly what I was trying to say yesterday: In an hour of unbelievably overcooked live TV, LeBron James went from being the nice guy you hoped would someday win a championship to the schemer you hope never does. He went… Read more »

The Decision

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So it wasn’t disinformation after all. LeBron to Miami. Lame. When he made the announcement, I was reading "Ella Bella Ballerina" to Loyette. FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: I’m consolidating my recent LeBron James-related tweets below, and deleting most of the original tweet-posts (basically, all of ’em except the ones that have gotten some comments), so the homepage won’t be quite so… Read more »

CotW: Tim Helps You Plan Your Movie Watching Week, 7/8/10-7/14/10

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After a brutally lackluster June (and I say this as a movie fan who can be persuaded to go to the cinema with the weakest of arguments on almost any occasion), July has arrived! And yes, this past week was, shall we say, a bit disconcerting—while I have not seen it, I understand critics and people alike failed to take… Read more »

A short rant on the Census ACS form

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[Bumped to top. -ed.] In preface, I think I’ve officially become a cranky old man… I don’t have any problem with the short form Census that was sent out earlier in the year. It is a Constitutionally mandated function of the government, and an accurate count of the population is necessary for a number of things. But all they really… Read more »

High beauty

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Hiking in Golden Gate Canyon State Park in the foothills of the Rockies. Gorgeous.