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NCAA shortens all March Madness pools’ entry period by 2 days

Not officially, of course. As far as the NCAA is concerned, NCAA Tournament pools do not exist. But effectively, they’ve just thrown a huge monkey wrench into the mid-March plans of every pool administrator, myself included: The final four at-large teams and final four automatic qualifiers in the newly minted 68-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament field will meet for the… Read more »

RenFests have layers

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We went to the Colorado Renaissance Festival today. ‘Twas fun. Over on Facebook, I expressed something I’ve long thought about RenFests, updating my status to say: “Brendan thinks Renaissance Festivals, like donkeys ogres and onions, have layers. Layer #1: amusements to entertain little children and kids at heart. Layer #2: scantily clad nerds hoping to get laid. Not necessarily in… Read more »

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

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 »