Category: Alex
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Reading Material
I stumbled upon this list of \”essential reading for men\”, and it intrigued me enough to actually browse the entire list. I certainly haven\’t read everything on the list, but I was surprised how many of the \”classics\” I\’d read in school – I guess my education wasn\’t half bad after all. I picked up…
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A New Toy
So I did a little splurging for myself recently, in anticipation of being stimulated. Economically, of course. I went out and bought myself a cheap wide-angle lens for my camera. Not that it doesn\’t work well, but it is also cheap. Whatever. To hair It were and ed treatment options I hot any. Mascara pharmacy…
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As though Gretzky didn\’t look out of place enough in that Blues Jersey…
The year was 1996. The Quebec Nordiques Colorado Avalanche were on their way to winning the cup. Dino Ciccarelli was soon to express disbelief over a handshake. We were soon to see the last true playoff \”white out\”. Residents of Florida were soon to take up the throwing of plastic rodents. And amidst all the…
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Crow(e)s
Seeing as how I\’ve actually purchased two CDs released this calendar year*, I figure the least I can do is write up a couple of quickie reviews for all y\’all (shut up – I live in The South now). So skip on past the break if you\’re interested in hearing about the Counting Crows\’ Saturday…
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Wild Life
Most of the time it\’s a really nice and peaceful life, living out here on the literal edge of town, facing a mountain valley. And then sometimes you look out the back door and see a bird the size of a football sitting on your deck. File that one under another good reason why we…
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Trivial Baseball
If you\’ve been keeping up with the Twins lately, you\’ll have noticed that Carlos Gomez hit for the cycle this week. There was plenty of chatter about it being the first cycle for the Twins since Kirby Puckett did it in 1986. But there\’s more. Plenty more. Howard Sinker, who runs his own blog for…
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Everybody\’s weak when they start.
As I transition myself from last week\’s abject disaster of a first workout to today\’s workout that just about managed to call itself passable, I\’m reminded of what Jason told me after he\’d convinced me, eons ago, to come lift weights with him at the YMCA in Austin. Obviously, I\’m paraphrasing, but: It\’s ok if…
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Ten Years Ago…
Just a quick post, since it\’s Masters week. Ten years ago this week, Jack Nicklaus finished tied for sixth at The Masters. Big whoop, you say? Well consider: He finished only four shots back. His last three rounds were under par, for a total of five under for the tournament. He finished higher than Tiger…
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Your Minnesota Wild Playoff Primer
Show of hands: who knows that the NHL playoffs are starting tonight? Monkey, you don\’t count. Anyway. For the first time since the 1991 season (Norm sucks!), I\’ve watched a lot of Minnesota hockey this year. As such, I will offer up a few talking points before tonight\’s series opener against the Colorado Avalanche. Talking…
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Par for the course
As reported by Glenn Greenwald, and followed up on by Keith Olbermann (video embedded at the end of this post): Either Attorney General Mukasey is lying about 9/11 in order to fear monger (yes, I\’m using that as a verb) up a stronger FISA/Telecom Immunity/Protect America Act. Or the Administration was completely inept in the…