Category: The Gambit
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grown up.
so, for a moment, imagine that you\’re the type of person who needs one of those white noise machines to fall asleep. (as i need to have a fan running every night to fall asleep, this is easy for me.) imagine that you\’ve fallen asleep with this every night, as well as a daily nap,…
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It\’s been too serious here lately…
…and so I give you, via Deadspin, via With Leather: The Running of the Urinals! It\’s sort of like a hilbilly Most Extreme Elimination. You\’re welcome.
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All We Are Saying Is Give War A Chance
A great Letter to the Editor in today\’s Star Tribune. It comes from a former soldier who writes of the need to let new strategies take effect. His editorial is very convincing. Mr. Hegseth says the right things: I was there, I saw what worked. Old Strategy was obviously not working, but this new one…
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Gay or Straight
There is a really fascinating story that 60 Minutes on Yahoo is running right now. Gay or Straight takes a look at a controversial study that is providing a lot of clues on the nature vs. nuture debate on homesexuality. The research confirms a lot of my thoughts about homosexuality (from a scientific perspective). It\’s…
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fausto f*ing carmona
in case you missed it, the twins lost today. again. shut out, actually. by whom? fausto carmona. he\’s the cleveland starter whose name roughly translates to jackass cockpunch. you may recall him from such hits as \”beating the twins on april 24th.\” we actually were able to notch two runs against the wily dominican that…
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Smorgasboratvictorborge
Yes, it\’s another installment of links. I\’d apologize, but I\’ll just point out that I could do worse for you. 🙂 Here\’s a nice story of a prank gone… well, not wrong, but perhaps astray. It\’s a good read, and perhaps the morale of the story is that just because something sounds funny, it doesn\’t…
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griffey\’s jock
we\’ll be light and fluffy today. to be honest, i\’ve been a little too heavy on the gambits lately, haven\’t i? first: click here and have a good laugh. the fine folks at FJM disagree, but i\’ve always found junior pretty entertaining to watch. thanks to ETC for the link. second: i\’ve been a regular…
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What I Do #2
I never did get around to commenting on wadE\’s post of the same title, so lucky readers, you get to get my slant on the same idea. What a country, eh?
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justified use of force?
(i may get skewered on this one. but hear me out.) this article details the story of donald hurd. the upshot: mr. hurd is a 68 year-old man who was mugged in st. paul on tuesday night. he was mugged by three men in his teens while awaiting a bus transfer, and reportedly lost $350…
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To the depths of the internet. . . and back!
And of course by that I mean I\’ll be throwing a lot of links at you today. You\’re welcome. This is just such a jarring visual. It\’s hard to get past how odd it looks… but by all means congratulations to that man. I\’m very impressed that he had the talent to play special teams.…