Monthly Archives: April 2011

Our little genius

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Becky, to me: “I think I might take the girls to the Z-O-O this morning.” Loyette, excitedly: “We’re going to the zoo?!” She’s 3 years & 4 months old, and we’ve already evolved past the stage where we can keep secrets by spelling things out? Yikes.

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Test test test

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] The FDIC has a podcast? OMG nerdgasm!

Bracketology 2012

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Joe Lunardi’s inaugural speculative NCAA bracket for 2012 is out! Kentucky the #1 overall seed! Gonzaga a #3! USC a #12! Notre Dame in the NIT! (Fire Mike Brey!) Harvard the Ivy champ! Belmont a #8! Wichita State a #10! Jimmer-less WCC rookie BYU a #11! Saint Mary’s a #12! (3 bids for the WCC!) Virginia Tech, finally off the… Read more »

44 killed in “one of the largest tornado outbreaks in history”

For a purported weather nerd, I’ve been shamefully lax in my blog coverage (or rather, the total absence thereof) of the massive, historic tornado outbreak across the South from Thursday through Saturday — I blame a general lack of free time — but Capital Weather Gang has a good summary, including this illustrative graphic from NOAA: (Hat tip: AMLTrojan.) See… Read more »

Ohio State makes money, UConn gets slammed in BCS Bowl revenue

The Stanford Daily put together a great article outlining one of the biggest non-playoff related problems with the BCS bowls*. Schools are required to sell a given number of tickets, and any unsold tickets must be paid for by the school. The schools have no ability to decide how many tickets they want to sell; that decision is up to… Read more »

Two cheers for the welfare state

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It’s a few days old, but via Jim Kelly, I’ve just discovered David Frum’s article “Two Cheers for the Welfare State.” Frum, if you don’t know, is a former National Review editor and George W. Bush speechwriter, a one-time “true believer” in all things conservative, but who has become associated in recent years with the GOP’s centrist wing. Anyway, I… Read more »

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Playtime at Sterne Park in Littleton, then lunch at Merle’s. I love springtime adventures.

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] 12 days after it ended in a loss, my As-You-Go #GiantBracket has been relocated to the basement. Still not quite ready to put it away entirely…

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Mooooooo.