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On the Gridiron, Off on a Tangent

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on January 8, 2010 | Comments Off

Well, kids, ‘Bama has won it all.  Which is fine, I guess.  Makes me remember working in the empty menswear shop at Fair Oaks with Shep, who was a big ‘Bama fan.  It was just after their last national championship, in the early 90s.  We had a good time in that shop…hardly any customers.  Our [...]

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Happy New Year!

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2010 | Comments Off

We’re back!  Goodbye to 2009, the ’00s, the decade from hell!  Hello to the teens!  Everyone has a good time in their teens, right?
How was everyone’s holiday?  I took a break from blogging, photograph-making, reading, cross-stitch…pretty much everything, and took advantage of the mini-vacation the generous folks running GU gave us over the Christmas-to-New Year [...]

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Manners, people, please!

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , , , on October 1, 2009 | Comments Off

What is with the rude behavior this morning on the bus and the Metro?
First, I was on the bus riding from home to the Metro station. A man signaled for a stop, and got up to patiently wait (behind the line, like he’s supposed to) until it was time for him to disembark.  With half [...]

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So long, Zilla!

Posted in Posts, tagged on September 23, 2009 | Comments Off

Cross-posted from dc.metblogs.com
I know y’all are used to seeing sports posts from Frank and Patrick, but I just can’t help putting my two cents in on the news that Olaf Kolzig, beloved former goalie for the Capitals, has announced his retirement.
When I moved to the DC area in 1993, I was in dire need of [...]

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Opening Day Here I Come

Posted in Posts, tagged on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off

Thanks, DCist, for alerting me to the continued availability of Opening Day Nationals tickets.  Rumour has it the President will be throwing out the pitch (whoo!  I’ll be packing the zoom lens!) and I got some decent box seats on the lower level.  Obviously, they’ll lose, what with taking on the world-champion Phillies and all.  [...]

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Hockey nostalgia

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , on November 16, 2007 | Comments Off

Well, here’s a hockey-fight story for you, MY:
Back when the Caps played at the Cap Center (shudder), they had a game with the NY Islanders that was ugly from the first minute.  So, in the final moments of a particularly foul-ridden third period, the players on both sides just sort of skated around in circles [...]

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RL Takes Over

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , , , , on March 15, 2006 | Comments Off

RL Takes Over
It’s been a few weeks! Of course, me being me, not much has happened. What a surprise. I have bought a new media player to replace the latest one I killed (iRiver, RIP). It’s a creative zen vision:m and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Plus, it’s pink [...]

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From Way Downtown….BANG

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , on February 7, 2006 | Comments Off

From Way Downtown….BANG
OR
Keith Olbermann is my dream man, part deux
Thank God for DVR; Keith’s signature line of old (Way Downtown) delivered in re the first-quarter Seahawks field goal. I had to do a quick rewind to see it again. Keith, dare I say, had me en fuego.
I loved his take on the lame-ass [...]

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Tiki to the right! Tiki to the left!

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on January 12, 2006 | Comments Off

Tiki to the right!
Tiki to the left!
Tiki up the middle!
Punt!
Was the old cry from Tiki’s days at U.-Va. when Coach Welsh was too busy throwing his hat to the ground to actually run a bold offense. At least now, there are choices — Punt! First Down! Touchdown! Fumble! It’s much [...]

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Student-athletes

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on December 6, 2005 | Comments Off

TAPPED: December 2005 Archives: “LET’S TALK FOOTBALL. Congressman Joe Barton was right to call for hearings on college football’s Bowl Championship Series, says Matthew Yglesias. It’s about time lawmakers and the public at large start thinking seriously about paying these athletes.
–The Editors”
I can’t even read this article. It seems to me that the younger [...]

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