Category: The Gambit
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gambit: best-of edition
yeah, yeah, i\’m a lazy slug. it\’s past four, and i\’ve spent the majority of the day busy at work. except i wasn\’t really at work– snowmageddon made me think twice about making the drive to work today (like i foolishly did yesterday) so i VPNed in from home and worked from the apple valley…
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The NHL Trade Deadline and You
I\’ll be honest – not even I knew that the NHL trade deadline came and went on Tuesday. That won\’t deter me from offering up my own two cents on the transactions that piqued my interest. I\’ll have a lot to choose from – 25 trades went down in the last six hours before the…
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big yellow (booze-filled) taxi
in case you\’re unaware of the latest kerfuffle between the metropolitan airport commission and taxi drivers, this is a good summary. in short, muslim cabbies are denying transport of passengers who are carrying alcohol, due to their religious beliefs. the MAC held a hearing yesterday where numerous white people, accustomed to carrying booze anywhere they…
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Free Running
A while back I was discussing the newest James Bond movie with wadE, and I commented that the opening sequence had some really cool action shots with a sort of kung-fu on wires look to it. As it turns out, there were no wires. Instead, the stunt man was doing something apparently called free running.…
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so for a while / i conducted experiments
sounds like glen taylor is a strong believer in the words of dan wilson: it\’s all about chemistry. i, myself, am more in the camp of modern philosopher / orioles DH jay gibbons, who says that it\’s winning that causes good chemistry, not the other way around.
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\”Get to know \’em!\”
This is a cute little story. What I\’d like to know is how does someone get into the voice over business. I\’ve been told that I have a great voice for doing something like voice overs (insert your own \”face for radio\” joke here). I\’m sounding especially raspy as of late since I have bronchitis.…
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7-Up and Vodka keeps your greens green
Here\’s your little known fact for the day. And by \”little known\”, I mean that I was unaware of it. It\’s worth noting that while both 7-Up and Vodka will achieve this result, that they do it by different methods, and as such shouldn\’t be combined. Which is really too bad, because I could totally…
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movie mini-review: the illusionist
we recently joined blockbuster online in an effort to watch more \”quality\” stuff in our downtime, vs. picking up another worthless reality show. actually, we had set a goal of watching all of the movies nominated for best picture before the academy awards this weekend. not going to make it (many haven\’t been released to…
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If a superstar gets traded in a forest, and no one hears it…
Did you realize that there was a blockbuster trade in the NHL on Monday? Seriously. Maybe not quite as big as Gretzky to the Kings, but it\’s as big a name to get traded at the deadline that I can think of, probably even bigger than Ray Borque to the Avs a few years ago.…
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only 195 days until training camp
my hatred of ESPN has been previously documented. today, however, they\’ve hit a new low. see the image after the jump for the reason.