I was stuck in a loop today after the game. “Hope is not lost.” That’s what she said. The Japanese checkout girl at Fiesta meant it too—Japan is still in the cup, and tomorrow Mexico (my first and only remaining hope, now that the US has been eliminated by Ghana) will face Argentina, a team [...]

The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games (I won’t even tell you how long I debated the order of those words) began yesterday to my excitement. What was not to love about the Opening Ceremonies (I feel like everything should be capitalized). Shane Koyczan represented Slam Poetry and awesomeness, Bryan Adams represented… something, and the computer-generated [...]

Two Steelers fans found themselves thousands of miles away from home. In fact, both were in Texas during what may or may not have been the most significant game of the season for Pittsburgh. What did they do? Brad sent me a text message at 1:46PM yesterday from the Dallas airport: “do you know the [...]

Seriously, I can’t get a consensus from my friends. Help me pick out a Derby name. Possible Derby names: Dottie Hazzard (after a local madame from the 1900s who ran a brothel near where we have our practice/bouts) or Erzebet B. Bad (after the Blood Countess, Erzebet Bathory, a descendent of Transelvanian native whom Valentine’s [...]

06/27/2006 Why is the sky blue? –I’ve been wondering… There’s a great scientific answer available if you do the google thing. Otherwise, I’ll venture that the sky is blue because the cockroaches that secretly rule the earth told it to be blue. And it was good. 06/26/2006 I gave my number to a girl I [...]