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Pete Carroll’s sour grapes
It was easily one of the most awkward press conferences to announce a player’s decision to go pro. After Sanchez, dressed in a suit, announced he would be entering the NFL draft to a silent Heritage Hall crowd, Carroll took the microphone and proceeded to list the reasons Sanchez made the wrong decision for five […]
Playmobil reviewers vent on airport security
The customer review section of Amazon.com probably isn’t the first place you would think to look for witty and insightful commentary on the post-9/11 air travel security nonsense The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg has appropriatelyy dubbed “security theater.” But that’s the kind of feedback the Playmobil Security Check Point set has inspired. For example: I was a little disappointed when I first bought this […]
Laughing out loud at pastors
Following in the footsteps of Stuff Christians Like (see Stuff White People Like), our friends over at Burnside Writers Collective have launched a blatant Christianized blog spoof of their own: LOLPastors (see I Can Has Cheezburger). Surprisingly, there are no entries for Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Bakker or John Wesley yet. We might just have to do something to […]
Avatars leave large footprint
Maintaining a character (or avatar as they are known) on the virtual reality site Second Life requires about 1,752 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. That’s apparently about as much as the average Brazilian uses in a year. This according to author Nicholas Carr, who is cited in a London Times article about the carbon footprint of […]
How deep was Mark Felt’s throat?
The recent death of Mark “Deep Throat” Felt has only added to his larger-than-life reputation as the anonymous source who brought down a president and made a couple of young Washington Post reporters famous. But like most legends that are formed by pop culture, Mark Felt may not have had as much to do with […]
Half-Handed Cloud on Daytrotter
The folks over at Daytrotter.com have posted a short feature story and recording session with our pal John Ringhofer, aka Half-Handed Cloud. It probably goes a little overboard with some of the religious references and imagery but that’s almost par for the course when you aren’t afraid to sing reverently about Jesus and you live […]
Camping out for calories
Oh the places people will go for free food. Determined to be among the first 100 in line for the opening of a new Chick-Fil-A in St. Matthews, Ky., dozens of folks are reportedly camping out in the snow. Their prize: 52 free combo meal coupons per adult in their tent party (the freezing kids they drag […]
A profile of a pretender
The New Yorker has a fascinating piece about a guy who lives in my Louisville neighborhood, someone I see on occasion at the post office or dining at a nearby restaurant. Maybe you’ve heard of him before. His name is Will Oldham.