Attackerman on David Hadju’s rant against Rock Band: Oh my God, you stupid motherfucker, shut your idiot mouth. Not a single person who has ever played Rock Band has for a moment ever considered it a replacement for the creation of rock and roll. There is no attempt at this piece to even corrollate the […]
Month: January 2010
I don’t really understand this particular criticism of Saban. If they had the ball with under a minute and no timeouts, OK (although, even then, trying to “run up the score” would ac
One of the curious aspects of 9/11 is that, in an almost literal way, it somehow didn’t happen under the Bush administration’s watch. The self-evidence of this “fact” is illust
It’s actually kind of impressive how many obvious errors of analysis Charles Lane packs into a few paragraphs here: I can’t remember a more breathtaking 48 hours in politics since Barack Obama’s election in November 2008. Byron Dorgan is out; Chris Dodd is out; Bill Ritter is out. Who would have thought that just one […]
I love this commercial:The point, apart from some self-mockery of ESPN’s Brett Farve obsession, is that the message sent isn’t necessarily the message received. If there’s any kind o
Scott’s thoughts on the latest HOF ballot got me thinking about the whole “the first ballot ought to be sacred” line of thinking, this year ably represented by Jay Mariotti’s n
David Axe and the folks at War is Boring have an ambitious journalistic project, and could use your assistance. If you have a chance, drop a quarter in the jar.
“I think you’re gonna love her, sir. Check her out.” “I like what I see there, Ferguson, but she doesn’t really seem powerful. She needs—” “A more muscular
This year I forgot to do a “put Rock on the Rock” post, so I’ll delegate to Neyer and Posnanski (a better idea in any case.) I would like to think that the induction of a Dick Willia
Preface: I’m lucky to be writing this, as my internet connectivity at our Oregon Estate (read: two bedroom apartment in a posh suburb) is dodgy. The better half upgraded a few weeks ago, the provider dropped the ball, we’ve been without since 31 December, and I’m nicking bandwidth on some nearby, highly unreliable, open wifi. […]
Although there will be an inevitable rush among Beltway journalists to turn this into a “Democrats are dropping like flies!” narrative (see a classic example here), I endorse all of Matt&#
Via James Joyner, I’m wondering whether this really characterizes a common experience in higher ed: All course materials, including weekly presentations, must be submitted months in advance. Thi