538.com
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Another site to keep an eye on this election season, especially when you hear Hillary tell you that the Democratic candidate can’t win without PA, OH, and FL: fivethirtyeight.com
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Until I give a proper description of the events that recently transpired, here’s a sneak peak of my recent road trip through the south. See if you can name all of the states I visited…
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Part of me really wants to call this number just to find out what this means.
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You can thank Odie for this post. Apparently these signs are very common in SF, but I never saw one there.
Also, you have to love the “Generation A’s” decal in the window. Those were given out during the 2000 season, so we have a die-hard fan here.
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Who cares about last fall’s 3-8 record in football? ND is a hockey school.
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Mets fans need to take a Quaalude. Seven games into the season is too early to concede the whole season, especially when you’re set to face the likes of Kyle Kendrick and Adam Eaton in the next two games.
The Phillies can melt down too. Four errors plus nine walks for the Phils in game two equals Mets victory.
Willie Randolph is not a good manager, but Charlie Manuel is worse. Down by two in the seventh inning, having Shane Victorino bunt with two on and no outs is criminal. For one, Victorino is fast, cutting down on the possibility of the double play. Second, if you have so little faith in him, then he shouldn’t be the leadoff hitter. Third, down by two runs on the road, you have to play for the big inning. Furthermore, double-switching out Victorino to move the pitcher’s spot in the batting order one place when you have a short bench is inane.
The NL East is going to be fun this year. This was a fun series, and we didn’t even see Santana or Hamels yet. I still think the Mets are superior, but the rivalry lives.
There’s no sweeter sound at the end of a baseball game than Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
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Let it be known that under no circumstances short of Notre Dame advancing to the final four, or beyond, should college basketball ever be brought up in conversation with me while the Mets are playing baseball.
Penalties range from a vitriolic glare for a first offense to stabbing with readily available broken glassware for flagrant offenders.
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Panegyric
Monday, April 7th, 2008
George Washington used the word “panegyric” in a humble reply to a poem dedicated to him by Phillis Wheatley at the outset of the Revolutionary War. From dictionary.com:
noun
1. a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
2. formal or elaborate praise.
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