From the monthly archives: December 2008

Liveblog: Take One for the Team?

By On December 28, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Personal

4:00pm: I’m seriously conflicted.

I’ve been a NY Jets fan forever, since way back in the days of Mattel’s crack-like handheld Football, when I pretended the little glowing dashes were Richard Todd, Wesley Walker and Bruce Harper. Unlike the Mets, to whom I converted in the early 80s after my favorite Yankees moved [...]

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Happy Holidays

By On December 24, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Personal

Flickr Photo Download: Snowy Gnomes Blogged with the Flock Browser

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The Mind Reels

By On December 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

With only a few days remaining for last-minute surprises, 2008 has been one for the books on so many levels — personally, professionally, globally — the mind truly does reel.

And reels, and reels, and reels… perhaps somehow what I imagine bonefishing might be like?

(h/t to one of my newfound loves [...]

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Outrage, Humor, Context

By On December 10, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Pop Culture, Writing

David Brothers was one of the smartest comics bloggers on the scene a few years back when I was at my peak of following the industry, and he’s remained one of the few whom I still follow despite my current pull list being a shadow of its former self.

[Side note: Have to [...]

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How Wonderful Is It?

By On December 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

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It’s A Wonderful Life is one of my all-time favorite movies, and the New York Times has a nice Critic’s Pick video (which they won’t let you embed!) with A. O. Scott talking about “the dark undercurrents of the holiday classic” that often go overlooked.

Back in 1996, when I was publishing [...]

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