Monthly Archives: July 2007

Variety Pack Post

7/31/2007 – 2:24 pm

Freddy Adu to Portugal, specifically Benfica. Paulo Wanchope to MLS, specifically the Chicago Fire. I think these are both good things for different reasons. The time is right for Adu to start over. He’s been a non-factor in Major League Soccer, probably because he’s been pressured into trying to be a major factor every time [...]

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The Yooper Mimosa

7/30/2007 – 10:48 am

Last post for the day, promise. But I thought I would be remiss if I didn’t widely publicize the creation of a new drink: the Yooper Mimosa. Exhibit A: Yooper Mimosa ingredients * A “Yooper” is of course the nickname of the people of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or U.P. If you live in the U.P., [...]

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Mastery

7/30/2007 – 10:19 am

Oh, I just found this out: ABC has a new show entitled “Masters of Science Fiction,” a four-episode series: http://abc.go.com/specials/mastersofscifi.html The only one I’ve read is the first show, John Kessel’s “A Clean Escape.” It’s a good one.

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There and Back Again

7/30/2007 – 9:52 am

This weekend’s trip to the Porcupine Mountains on the shores of beautiful Lake Superior was far more “Boy Meets World” rather than “Man vs. Wild,” but a good time was had by all nonetheless. I’ve also posted a full set of pictures: trails, cabins, sunsets, and campfires. Who could ask for anything more? We’d been [...]

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Man vs. Wha…?

7/27/2007 – 8:16 am

Now that I’ve seen every MythBusters, Brother Troy turned me on to Discovery’s “Man vs. Wild,” a show where a former special forces British guy named Bear Grylls is dropped into the middle of nowhere and has to find his way back to civilization. I’ve seen episodes in the Everglades, the Scottish Highlands, Costa Rican [...]

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Did You Ever Notice…?

7/26/2007 – 8:12 am

The answer is probably no, but did you ever notice that clubs with one American on the books often go in for another? I just saw that U20 standout Sal Zizzo signed for Hannover 96, which happens to be the same team US international Steve Cherundolo plays for. This seems to happen a lot. Man [...]

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A Fair and Just Result

7/25/2007 – 9:55 pm

Your Score: SurpriseAdoption Cat 42% Affectionate, 56% Excitable, 35% Hungry Calloused. Heartless. Exuberant. You carry the heavy burden of informing children that they are adopted by jumping out of their birthday cake. A difficult task, but somebody must break the news to children on their only day of happiness. To see all possible results, checka [...]

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Footie Wednesday

7/25/2007 – 11:51 am

Nary a whisper in the press about the inaugural SuperLiga, a competition between Major League Soccer and the Mexican First Division. The British press had a field day when David Beckham’s LA Galaxy lost 3-0 against Tigres in a friendly of no consequence and were quick to condemn the team as bush league; odd then, [...]

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Bookiness

7/24/2007 – 9:32 am

I sold about a dozen books to Half Price books yesterday for a measly $19, which I turned around and bought Solaris, The Lathe of Heaven, The Years of Rice and Salt, and Dubliners. For the really super-attentive of you, you may have noted that three of the four are likely to appear in my [...]

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81,333

7/22/2007 – 10:22 pm

Yeah, so that whole novel thing is now done. 81,333 words, 268 pages. Most of those words need a lot of work but at least it has beginning, middle, and end. The revisions begin, oh, tomorrow. I started with an 8800-word short story and wrote about 10K words a week for eight weeks, averaging about [...]

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