Sic Transit Gloria

These are dark times at stately IPB Manor. The corrupt ruling priest classes of PandoNation and PaulieMartinNation have been walking on eggshells as the free agency period has drawn closer, and today the first horrible blow was dealt: PandoNation’s emperor-god is no more. After the initial shock wore off from hearing the news, and after [...]

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Wherein We Launch Our New Careers

If you have a zoomy enough lens for your camera, and keep your windows relatively spot-free, you know what profession you can take up from the comfort of your own home? Nature photographer! This little guy came by when we were putting dinner together… … And this little guy landed in front of our living [...]

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World Cup Open Thread: USA vs. Ghana

You know what’s awesome about weekends these days, aside from all the general awesomeness just sort of naturally inherent in a weekend? We get to watch World Cup games live! WOO HOO!

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Wherein We Look To The Future…

… Of World Cups held in America. Sheesh, you weren’t thinking we were going to look at the future of the Devils were you? ::shudder:: We watched a few minutes of “Gypsy” last night and when Mama Rose got talking at the end of Act I about how it wasn’t a problem that the whole [...]

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Vuvuzela — A Little Slice Of Heaven

When we arrived home from work tonight we discovered on our front step an unexpected, nondescript brown box. What on earth could be inside it? After some moderate attempts at guessing, we opened it to behold the amazing, awesome contents: VUVUZELAS That’s right — a fabulous, fabulous friend had taken it upon herself to surprise [...]

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Deep Thoughts About The World Cup

One Thing We Love About the World Cup: It’s like the sports-fan girl’s weekend in Vegas. It’s a month (which is the grand-scheme of sports seasons is super short) of hooking up with with sexy guys about whom you know their name, what their tattoos look like, and maybe one tidbit of interesting information (“so-and-so [...]

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How To Improve Soccer And Hockey By Borrowing Ideas From Both Sports

1. Soccer* could be vastly improved by stealing from hockey the radical concept of a third period. These 90-minute affairs are 45 minutes too short. 2. Hockey could be vastly improved by stealing from soccer the radical concept of a World Cup. *We are no long shamed by calling “football” “soccer” after reading this explanation [...]

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