Kaus beats expectations, but not Quintana; Taitz tops 25%
Twitter: With 98.2% of precincts in, Boxes slips past 80% mark. @BrianQuintana 14.2% (250,313 votes), @kausmickey 5.3% (93,173). http://bit.ly/aIulWV
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Report: Notre Dame in talks with Big Ten
This morning, in response to some reporting by the New York Times — money quote: “Does Notre Dame become the 12th team in the Big Ten or does it risk being forced to later join the conference as the 16th team?” — and SportsByBrooks (which summarized things thusly, in a tweet: “Notre Dame AD: No current talks w/ Big 10…. Read more »
Will Mickey Kaus get 5% of the vote? How about 3%? Okay, 1%?
Say what you will about blogging pioneer / curmudgeonly Democratic gadfly / U.S. Senate candidate Mickey Kaus, but he sure knows how to set expectations low. Here’s his take, in Calbuzz, on his chances in today’s primary against Barbara Boxer: My friend Jill Stewart of L.A. Weekly bet a friend dinner that I wouldn’t top 5%. But I don’t want… Read more »
Mental health break, LOTR edition
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Apropos of nothing: I got to thinking, the other day, about my favorite consecutive movie scenes in all of cinema: the Gandalf/Witch-King confrontation at the gates of Minas Tirith, followed immediately by the very best scene in the Lord of the Rings trilogy: the charge of the Rohirrim. (The Gandalf/Witch-King scene was inexplicably cut from the theatrical edition of Return… Read more »
iPhone 4/HD unveiling open thread
[UPDATE: Event over; iPhone 4 is here. And it’s awesome. Of course, the best part of the demo was when Steve Jobs had network connectivity issues while trying to demonstrate the new, super high definition screen: Yeah… somebody‘s getting fired. Heh. To make matters worse (and more hilarious), at one point, Jobs asked for suggestions from one of his techies,… Read more »
Notre Dame can save college athletics — by joining the Big Ten (!). Maybe.
Here is where things apparently are, from what I understand of what’s being reported: • From the Pac-10’s perspective, everything hinges on Texas. The Pac-12 thing (add Colorado and Utah) seems unlikely to happen; not enough upside. It’s Pac-16 or status quo, because Pac-16 is the only way to get Texas, and Texas is what the Pac-10 really wants. •… Read more »
R.I.P. John Wooden, 1910-2010
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A true legend, a fine human being, a man whose greatness and goodness transcended the bitterest of rivalries — the only Bruin who could get a standing ovation in a roomful of Trojans — has died at age 99. Rest in Peace, John Wooden. P.S. I’m sad he won’t be around to see the UConn women potentially break his team’s… Read more »
Can NHS break the “bridesmaid” jinx?
[INTRODUCTORY CAVEAT: I realize most of my readers don’t care about Newington High School sports. But, seeing as how this blog is called The Living Room Times — named after my old NHS newspaper — it seems only appropriate to post this here.] Back in 2006, on the eve of the Connecticut Class L boys volleyball state championship match between… Read more »
Daaarwwwinn want iiPaaaddd
Researcher Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin is using the iPad as a way to communicate with our oceanic cousins.
Pac-16: Not so fast, my friend?
ESPN’s Pac-10 blogger, Ted Miller, reports that Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott is attempting to shoot down yesterday’s report that an en masse membership offer to the entire Big 12 South, minus the fat kid (Baylor), plus the cool hippie (Colorado), is imminent: Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott released a statement on the matter to The Sporting News: “We are aware of… Read more »