As if global warming, er, cooling … “climate change” isn’t a big enough reason to PANIC!!!, now we have the magnetic poles flipping: Forget about global warming—man-made or natural—what drives planetary weather patterns is the climate and what drives the climate is the sun’s magnetosphere and its electromagnetic interaction with a planet’s own magnetic field. When the field shifts, when… Read more »
MSNBC talk-show host Keith Olbermann unexpectedly announced the end of his show Countdown today. The eight-year-long show was the highest-rated on MSNBC. Olbermann, who gained fame as a host of Sports Center on ESPN, started the show as a humorous look at the news, but morphed into a vocal liberal critic in the later half of the Bush presidency. (Hat… Read more »
Two interesting stories this week that could be the tremors indicating further tectonic shifts in the world of college football. First, a report from Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News, that WAC members San Jose State and Utah State are potential targets for further Mountain West expansion (presumeably aiming for a 12 team league and the coveted conference… Read more »
Since Brendan didn’t post anything, here’s a thread for commenting. You can watch on ESPN3.com if your internet provider supports it. UPDATE BY BRENDAN: I was just a little slow because I was putting the girls to bed. Stupid 6:30 games, grumble grumble. But… GO DUCKS!!! BEAT S-E-C!!! I’m live-Tweeting over at LRT Live and my Twitter feed.
In case you missed it, the Seattle Seahawks improved to 8-9 (the first NFL team ever to even have that record) and advanced to the second round of the playoffs after upsetting the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in Seattle on Saturday. The win was highlighted by an incredible 67 yard run by Seahawks Running back (and former… Read more »
Okay, I’ll be quick here. I have no interest in engaging anyone about the science of global warming, if it is a danger, and/or if we caused it. I have my ideas on this and I am sure you have yours. And for this moment, that’s all well and good. Right now, all I want is a little sanity. A… Read more »
Friendly’s currently offers a menu item called “Bacon Cheeseburger Soup.” Again, that is Bacon Cheeseburger Soup.
It has been said that there are two kinds of people in this world: those that like Tron and those that love Tron. (Before you ask, no I will never tire of repeating that joke. EVER.) Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of its sequel, Tron: Legacy, released today, some 18 years after the first chapter. I took my seat… Read more »
So, in addition to blocking Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell repeal, the Republicans in the Senate are blocking another important bill in their temper tantrum to get tax breaks for millionaires. This one would provide health and other benefits to 9/11 first responders. That’s right, those good old “We love America,” flag-waving, here-for-the-common-Joe Republicans would rather those brave police and firefighters who… Read more »
In an op-ed for USA Today, BCS Head Bill Hancock lays out his defenseof the BCS, arguing that the system worked. He’s dead wrong, and either doesn’t get it or doesn’t care. The system didn’t work because teams like Boise State, if they had finished undefeated, or TCU, who DID finish undefeated, don’t get a shot at the national championship…. Read more »