I misread Michigan’s opponent as San Diego State rather than South Dakota State, so I screwed up that pick. Cal beating UNLV doesn’t surprise me all that much, even though I picked the Vegas team. But Harvard? Harvard???? I was 13 for 16 today, but two of my losers were teams I had going on …
All the Duke haters, turn your heads.
What’s happened to all those media hawks who beat the drums for the Iraq War ten years ago? Mostly, they’re still gainfully employed and, most annoyingly to me, still trotted out as though they have credible ideas about foreign policy. These people got arguably the biggest foreign policy decision the United States has faced in …
Ten years ago I wrote that Bush’s Iraq adventure was the wrong war against the wrong enemy. I expressed doubt that he and his team would manage it well. I was right. Unfortunately. Charlie Pierce is more eloquent than I as he takes on the NYT, Richard Perle, David Frum, and the rest of the …
Abby has started to emerge from the dens she’s built herself and gotten more willing to lie out in the open where she can be admired and patted. This is she, the laser-eyed spotted hound, found only in remote parts of Oahu in the United States. From Events
It took from 7:45 AM till 6:15 PM, but the crock pot finally cooked the corned beef and cabbage with carrots and onions. That’s cooking on low till about 2:45 PM, seven hours, and another three and one-half hours on high. I don’t think my crock pot’s heating element is doing its job right, although …
Anyone want to play? I just set up a group. Pick your bracket this afternoon when the selections are announced! Group name: Elysian Fields Password: hershiser59
In case you don’t know, Marian McPartland is a legendary pianist who’s had a public radio show called Piano Jazz for decades. Today’s episode was a repeat of one from 2005, and who should be the guest but Linda Ronstadt singing songs from the Great American Songbook. Listen here. Here’s the set list: “Just Tell …
Informed of Senator Portman’s revelation that his son came out to him two years ago and he has now reversed his position on gay marriage, Anil Dash, entrepreneur extraordinaire, tweeted: Eventually one of these Republican congressmen is going to find out his daughter is a woman, and then we’re all set. — Anil Dash (@anildash) …
We think Abby is settling in to her new home. Yesterday I was out for a little while, and when I got back she was sitting at the (sliding glass) front door looking for me. That was a first. Later in the afternoon I gave her a rawhide chew bone; she took it outside and …