Wherein I imitate and flatter

pace Ken’s “Best Line of the Day, so far” and Eric Zorn’s “Fine Lines“
Speaking of “Memorial Stadiums” and their relationship to the First World War:
That is a concept easy to forget in a time when stadium names change with the expiration of a business deal. It used to be that they named a stadium to [...]

Last sports post for a while

I know that all I seem to post about any more is sports, but being a Chicago-area native, and having three first-place teams is freaking me out.
The Bears are, according to the Sagarin ratings, the 5th best team in the league. Given the Bears’ performance last night, tonight’s Packers game will be very important to see how much [...]

Black and Blue

The Wife and I journeyed to West Lafayette last night to see the comedian Lewis Black at Elliott Hall, a massive, 6,000-seat proscenium theatre. He was as good as you would think he would be, which is to say, very good. Having come up by touring the college ranks, his local humor (about Purdue, Boilermakers, [...]

Am I ready for some football?

In honor of the season-opening Bears-Colts game on Sunday, I have been given permission by the Wife to wear my #8 Rex Grossman jersey to church this Sunday. I will be wearing it in the same fashion as the one dude at a wedding who wears camouflage high-top Chuck Taylors with a tux-and-tails. This guy [...]

Breaking radio silence

Sports Bureau:

Much like the two New York football teams actually play in New Jersey, the Chicago Bears QB situation is all about Indiana. For now West Lafayette (home of Purdue, Kyle “Neck Beard Ninja” Orton’s alma mater) has beaten out Bloomington (home of Bloomington South HS, Rex “Sex Cannon” Grossman’s alma mater. I can now officially wear [...]

Ain’t it a wonderful game

I’ve just finished David Halberstam’s October 1964. Like many books in our house, we picked it up along the way, and it seems like a shame to ever throw out a hardcover book. Having started it five or six times (no reflection on the quality of the book), I finally finished it this morning on [...]

Media thoughts from all over (my head)

Weezer is a band that I was about five years too old to catch on to, but this new video for Pork & Beans is nerderrific. The song isn’t so bad either. You’re welcome.
I still haven’t completely decided whether I’m a Danica Patrick man or a Sarah Fisher man. Granted, Sarah has always played Andrew [...]